Venezuela prosecutor hit with asset freeze, travel ban


Venezuelan Attorney-General Luisa Ortega speaks at a press conference in Caracas, Venezuela yesterday. Ortega claims there is a plan by the Supreme Justice Tribunal to ‘dismantle the Attorney Office’. – EPA pic, June 29, 2017.

VENEZUELA’S Supreme Court today slapped an asset freeze and travel ban on Attorney General Luisa Ortega, a top critic of President Nicolas Maduro, after she accused him of creating a climate of terror.

Ortega has emerged as the most critical voice within the Venezuelan government as the authorities have cracked down on anti-Maduro protests, leaving a death toll of 77 people in just under three months.


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