Caracas - Venezuela's intelligence service has arrested an
opposition lawmaker who President Nicolas Maduro says was involved in
a drone attack against him, the lawmaker's Primero Justicia (PJ)
party said Wednesday.
Juan Requesens and his sister, Rafaela, were detained in their
Caracas home late Tuesday, the PJ reported on Twitter.
Rafaela Requesens was later released.
"I hold the regime of Nicolas Maduro responsible for what may happen
to my brother and my entire family," she tweeted.
Juan Requesens' arrest had earlier been mentioned by opposition
leader Julio Borges, whom Maduro also accused of involvement and who
is out of the country.
The PJ accused Maduro of "political persecution" of the opposition.
Another opposition leader, Henri Falcon, has expressed concern that
the investigation into Saturday's attack could turn into a "witch
hunt" for opposition leaders.
Six people were earlier arrested on charges of being the executors of
the alleged attack, in which drones carrying explosives went off in
front of Maduro as he spoke at a military ceremony in Caracas on
Saturday.
The president was unharmed, but seven soldiers were reported to have
been injured.
Colombia's former president, Juan Manuel Santos, who handed over
office to his elected successor Ivan Duque on Tuesday, has rejected
accusations by Maduro that he was involved in the attack.
Maduro, who has presided over a rapid decline in his country's
economic fortunes, was re-elected to another six-year term in May.
The poll was denounced as undemocratic by the European Union, the
United States and at least 12 Latin American countries.