Antonio Ledezma, Venezuelan opposition leader, gives statements to the press during his arrival in Bogota, Colombia November 17, 2017. REUTERS/Jaime Saldarriaga
CARACAS/BOGOTA (Reuters) - Veteran Venezuelan opposition leader Antonio Ledezma, under house arrest since 2015 for alleged coup plotting, escaped across the border to Colombia on Friday.
Ledezma, the best-known detained opponent of leftist President Nicolas Maduro after Leopoldo Lopez, said he had gone past 29 police and army controls during a clandestine, overland journey that he kept secret from his loved ones.
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