Venezuela's Government Orders The Arrest Of Opposition Lawmakers

Daily Mail/AP: Venezuela opposition leaders are stripped of their parliamentary immunity so they can be arrested after President Nicolas Maduro blame them for 'drone assassination bid'

* Two Venezuela opposition leaders stripped of parliamentary immunity
* Juan Requesens arrested and arrest of Julio Borges, who is in exile, ordered
* Venezuela claims two drones tried to kill President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday
* Maduro himself claims the pair are part of the conspiracy to murder him
* He says they collaborated with Colombia with money from Florida, U.S.
* So far, Venezuela has detained six people in the wake of Saturday's explosion

Two opposition leaders have been stripped of their parliamentary immunity by Venezuela's pro-government constitutional assembly, accusing them of having roles in a drone attack that authorities say was an attempt to kill President Nicolas Maduro.

The National Constituent Assembly voted unanimously to lift the protection for Julio Borges and Juan Requesens, who have seats in the opposition-controlled legislature.

The move came after the Supreme Court ordered the arrest of Borges, who lives in exile in Colombia's capital, Bogota.

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WNU Editor: Venezuela's prisons are already filled with thousands of political prisoners .... after this "drone attack" expect them to be filled even more.

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