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Venezuela crisis: Outrage over navy captain's death in custody
Source: BBC
Venezuela crisis: Outrage over navy captain's death in custody
1 July 2019
The death in custody of a Venezuelan navy captain has sparked outrage, with his lawyer alleging he died as a result of torture.
Rafael Acosta, 49, was arrested on Wednesday over an alleged plot to assassinate President Nicolás Maduro.
Capt Acosta appeared in a military tribunal on Friday, but fainted before proceedings to charge him with treason and sedition began.
He was taken to hospital but died early on Saturday, officials said.
What happened to Capt Acosta?
According to his wife Waleska Pérez, the navy officer with the rank of corvette captain was seized by members of Venezuela's intelligence service and the military's counterintelligence agency on the afternoon of 21 June in Guarenas, a city 40km (25 miles) east of Caracas.
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1 July 2019
The death in custody of a Venezuelan navy captain has sparked outrage, with his lawyer alleging he died as a result of torture.
Rafael Acosta, 49, was arrested on Wednesday over an alleged plot to assassinate President Nicolás Maduro.
Capt Acosta appeared in a military tribunal on Friday, but fainted before proceedings to charge him with treason and sedition began.
He was taken to hospital but died early on Saturday, officials said.
What happened to Capt Acosta?
According to his wife Waleska Pérez, the navy officer with the rank of corvette captain was seized by members of Venezuela's intelligence service and the military's counterintelligence agency on the afternoon of 21 June in Guarenas, a city 40km (25 miles) east of Caracas.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-48821322
Navy captain Rafael Acosta in a tweet from opposition leader Juan Guaidó ( @waleswka77 on Twitter )