Venezuelan government has arrested a rights activist on vague conspiracy charges
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The government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has arrested human rights activist Rocio San Miguel
CARACAS, Venezuela -- The administration of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has arrested human rights activist Rocio San Miguel, the government confirmed Sunday.
Tarek William Saab, Venezuela’s attorney general, wrote in his social media accounts that San Miguel had been arrested on charges of conspiracy against Maduro, but did not offer any details of the supposed case against her.
San Miguel, 57, is a lawyer and rights activist who has specialized in studying Venezuela’s shadowy, often corrupt armed forces.
Saab claimed San Miguel had been linked to a plot to kill Maduro or other officials and attack the armed forces.
San Miguel was arrested Friday at an airport in Caracas, and rights activists say they do not know where she was taken.
