Ledezma, 62, was removed as mayor of Caracas and detained in 2015 on charges of plotting to oust Maduro. He was one of the leaders of anti-government protests that rocked Venezuela in 2014 and led to the jailing of other prominent opponents. Besides his family, he was greeted in Madrid by the former president of Colombia, Andres Pastrana, and the former Venezuelan ambassador, Fernando Gerbasi. Fellow opposition leader and former cellmate Leopoldo Lopez remains under house arrest in Venezuela. Ledezma thanked both Spanish and Colombian authorities for what he described as warm welcomes.

Source: National Post November 18, 2017 06:43 UTC