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February 25, 2014 12:01 am GMT
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Venezuelan General's Tweet Leads to Armed Standoff
A 57-year-old retired Venezuelan general resisted arrest by Venezuelan authorities in an armed standoff on Sunday
President Nicolas Maduro ordered the arrest of retired army Gen. Angel Vivas after Vivas suggested last week that his Twitter followers use stretched transparent wire to knock down policemen on motorbikes. Venezuelan security forces came looking for him on Sunday, but he resisted the arrest with the help of a crowd of supporters, after tweeting he was being assaulted.
"Cuban and Venezuelan henchmen, along with criminal groups are arriving at my house," he tweeted to his more 200,000 followers Read more...
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