Venezuelan Lopez trial prosecutor sacked

Venezuela’s attorney general says she has sacked a prosecutor who criticised the conviction and imprisonment of opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez. She said Franklin Nieves, who fled the country, had abandoned his post. Luisa Ortega Diaz also denied that officials had been pressured to provide false evidence at Mr Lopez’s trial. On Friday, Mr Nieves posted […]

Venezuela’s attorney general says she has sacked a prosecutor who criticised the conviction and imprisonment of opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez.
She said Franklin Nieves, who fled the country, had abandoned his post.
Luisa Ortega Diaz also denied that officials had been pressured to provide false evidence at Mr Lopez’s trial.
On Friday, Mr Nieves posted a video on the internet in which he apologised for his role in what he called a political show trial.
In the video, he said he had left Venezuela to escape pressure from the government.
Mr Nieves urged fellow prosecutors and judges to join him in expressing their discontent.