Venezuelan Pres. Maduro vows to punish protesters, rejects Sec. of State Mike Pompeo's claim he nearly fled to Cuba.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro dismissed U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's claims that the embattled leader was ready to flee the nation in a televised address last night, as he also vowed that protesters against his regime"cannot go unpunished."
"We have to identify all those people who fired weapons and go find them and submit them to justice, deliver them to the Prosecutor's Office and the courts to all," Maduro said."There are videos of all kinds. We know who they are, we have to look for them. There can be no impunity, there must be justice for there to be peace in Venezuela."
In astonishing scenes on Tuesday, violence broke out on the streets of Caracas after opposition leader Juan Guaido and Leopoldo Lopez -- freed from house arrest by deserted Venezuelan security forces -- called for an uprising early in the morning. They said they'd gained military backing and would begin the"final phase" of their push to oust Maduro.
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