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| Venezuela’s Former Defense Minister Baduel Arrested Again |
| 2017-01-13 |
| [SPUTNIKNEWS] MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) ‐ Venezuela’s former defense minister, retired general Raul Isaias Baduel has been detained for failing to comply with his house arrest, Interior Minister Nestor Reverol has announced. "We will continue to monitor all threats to internal order and social peace," Reverol stressed on Thursday, as quoted by Venezolana de Television, saying that "criminal information has been collected in the raid of his [Baduel’s] residence" that points to alleged conspiratorial activities. Baduel served as Venezuela’s Defense Minister under the presidency of Hugo Chavez. It was Baduel who helped Chavez return to power after the 2002 coup attempt. In 2007 Baduel became an opposition leader and in 2009 he was jugged. Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! The former defense minister was sentenced to over seven years in prison for corruption in 2010. In 2015, he was allowed to serve his sentence at home. |
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