Venezuela arrests allies of opposition candidate on conspiracy accusations

Three allies of Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Maria Corina Machado have been detained on accusations of conspiracy amid growing tensions between the government of President Nicolas Maduro and the political opposition. Attorney General Tarek Saab said that Guillermo Lopez, Luis Camacaro and Juan Freites were part of a group of at least 11 people who allegedly tried to rob a military weapons arsenal last year ahead of a planned assault on Freddy Bernal, the pro-Maduro governor for the state of Tachira.