As Venezuela Talks Falter, Detained Maduro Foes Languish

When he received a call saying he had won a mobile phone, Gilberto Sojo, a low-income bank messenger and opposition activist, rushed off happily to collect it. The call was a ruse. Minutes after reaching the shop, three men turned up and bundled Sojo, then 49, and his wife into a waiting car where he was handcuffed and driven to the headquarters of Venezuela's intelligence service, according to his family and supporters. "They placed explosive materials on his motorbike —...

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