Opposition Winner of Venezuela Sham Election, Facing Arrest, Flees to Spain

Opposition Winner of Venezuela Sham Election, Facing Arrest, Flees to Spain

Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González, who claims to have defeated dictator Nicolás Maduro in a sham presidential election in July, left Venezuela and arrived in Spain on Sunday, seeking political asylum.

Spain’s Foreign Ministry announced in a statement that González and his wife were flown from Venezuela on a Spanish Air Force plane, arriving at the Torrejón Air Base in Madrid in the afternoon hours of Sunday local time.

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