Venezuelan Police Arrest Prominent Journalist as He Cycles Home

The arrest is an escalation of President Nicolas Maduro’s aggressive attempts to silence and intimidate the press, which include the recent temporary detentions of Univision journalist Jorge Ramos and U.S. freelance reporter Cody Weddle, deported last week. Diaz was grabbed by intelligence police while biking home from the Union Radio network, according to his wife.

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