Venezuela Arrests 3 in Death of Opposition Candidate

Authorities arrested three people Monday suspected in the murder of an opposition leader that shook Venezuela and drew international condemnation in the run-up to this weekend's election for a new legislature. Opposition leaders blamed last week's shooting of Luis Diaz, 44, a candidate for the Democratic Action party in central Guarico state, on the ruling Socialists. But President Nicolas Maduro's government has furiously denied that. Officials say Diaz was a well-known...

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