CARACAS: Venezuelan authorities have released opposition figure Yon Goicoechea after his arrest 14 months ago for allegedly possessing explosives, a National Assembly member said early Saturday. Deputy Juan Andres Mejia declared the news on Twitter, also announcing the release of a local mayor who had spent 13 months in detention. “Today Delson Guarate and Yon Goicoechea are reunited with their families. Goicoechea, a 32-year-old lawyer, was detained in August 2016 on charges of possessing explosives he allegedly planned to detonate at protests against President Nicolas Maduro. He is a member of the opposition party led by Leopoldo Lopez, who is under house arrest.

Source: Manila Times November 04, 2017 06:45 UTC