US law enforcement started the process of trying to remove protesters from the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, a State Department official said
The move to evict the protesters from the embassy came after a group of US anti-war activists began moving into the embassy last month. Medea Benjamin, one of the founders of the anti-war group Code Pink, previously told CNN that diplomats from the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro had given them access to the embassy before the diplomats left as the standoff unfolded between Maduro and Venezuelan opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim President Juan Guaido.
Read MoreThese Americans moved to the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington when diplomats fledGuaido has declared himself the legitimate leader of Venezuela with the support of the US and other nations, while the embattled Maduro has stood firm as tensions mount.The State Department said in response to the embassy protests that it was the US position that Guaido's government had legal authority over the embassy, not Maduro's sitting government in Venezuela.
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