Top allies of Juan Guaido, the head of the powerless legislature who says he is the nation’s rightful president, are circulating among safe houses, holing up in embassies and preparing for life on the run since the detention this week of National Assembly Vice President Edgar Zambrano by the Sebin secret police. “We’re living in brutal persecution,” Freddy Superlano, a lawmaker who supports Guaido, said from a location he wouldn’t disclose. In recent years, the ruling socialists have been quick to jail elected officials, and Venezuela’s high court this week called for the prosecution of 10 lawmakers.
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