Venezuela attorney general Tarek Saab said on Wednesday two people close to opposition candidate Maria Corina Machado have been arrested and seven others, including Machado's right-hand Magalli Meda, have warrants out for their detention. The arrests are set to complicate an already-confused scenario ahead of the July presidential contest, because though Machado won an October primary by a landslide, she is barred from registering her candidacy.
Opposition parties have been pressuring Machado to name a substitute who can register before a March 25 deadline, and Meda had been one of the people floated as a possible alternate.
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