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Venezuelan opposition politician Manuel Rosales arrested Venezuelan opposition politician Manuel Rosales arrested
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Opposition Venezuelan politician Manuel Rosales has been arrested six years after fleeing the country amid corruption allegations. Venezuelan opposition politician Manuel Rosales has been arrested on his return to the country after six years of self-imposed exile.
Mr Rosales, a former presidential candidate, denies any wrongdoing and says the charges were politically motivated. Mr Rosales, who said he wanted to take part in December's parliamentary elections, was detained shortly after landing in the city of Maracaibo.
He said he was planning to take part in the opposition campaign for December's parliamentary elections. He ran against the late President Hugo Chavez in 2006.
But he was detained shortly after landing in the city of Maracaibo. Mr Rosales fled to Peru in 2009 amid corruption allegations, which he says are politically motivated.
Still on the tarmac, he was transferred to a police truck. He was arrested on Thursday as he arrived at Maracaibo from the Dutch Caribbean island of Aruba. He is expected to appear in court in Caracas shortly.
He is expected to appear in court in Caracas shortly.
'God and the Virgin Mary''God and the Virgin Mary'
Mr Rosales ran against the late President, Hugo Chavez, in 2006. Mr Rosales is charged with corruption during his term as governor of Zulia state between 2000 and 2008.
He was later charged with corruption during his term as governor of Zulia state between 2000 and 2008.
He fled in 2009 to Peru, where he was granted asylum on humanitarian grounds, but eventually he moved to Panama.
Mr Rosales had announced last Friday that he was planning to return to Venezuela.Mr Rosales had announced last Friday that he was planning to return to Venezuela.
Shortly before departing from Aruba he posted a picture of him boarding.Shortly before departing from Aruba he posted a picture of him boarding.
"With God and the Virgin Mary, preparing to go to Venezuela to meet my people again," he posted on Twitter."With God and the Virgin Mary, preparing to go to Venezuela to meet my people again," he posted on Twitter.
"I salute the people of the streets of Maracaibo, of Zulia, of Venezuela, who are waiting there with love, passion, in search of a better horizons and future for Venezuela," he said in a message recorded before the plane landed. The authorities had warned that there was an arrest warrant against him.
"I feel so great an emotion that my heart leaps."
The authorities had warned that there was an arrest warrant against him and that he would be detained.
Venezuelans go to the polls on 6 December for the first parliamentary elections since President Nicolas Maduro was elected in 2013.Venezuelans go to the polls on 6 December for the first parliamentary elections since President Nicolas Maduro was elected in 2013.
The country is facing a serious economic crisis, which the opposition blames on failed socialist policies of Mr Maduro and his predecessor, Mr Chavez. The country is facing a serious economic crisis, which the opposition blames on failed socialist policies of Mr Chavez and his successor, Mr Maduro.
The government says the country has been hit by a sharp drop in international oil prices, but it also accuses powerful groups of boycotting the economy to destabilise Mr Maduro.The government says the country has been hit by a sharp drop in international oil prices, but it also accuses powerful groups of boycotting the economy to destabilise Mr Maduro.
Several other opposition leaders have also been detained since last year.Several other opposition leaders have also been detained since last year.
Last month, prominent opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez was found guilty of inciting violence during protests in 2014 in which 43 people - from both sides of the political divide - were killed.Last month, prominent opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez was found guilty of inciting violence during protests in 2014 in which 43 people - from both sides of the political divide - were killed.
He was sentenced to 13 years and nine months in prison.He was sentenced to 13 years and nine months in prison.
The US government and the United Nations have called for the release of the opposition politicians.The US government and the United Nations have called for the release of the opposition politicians.