MEDELLÍN, Colombia — Venezuelan authorities ordered the arrest of a former National Assembly leader on Wednesday in connection with what they said was a weekend assassination attempt against President Nicolás Maduro, as the government appeared to train its sights on opposition figures in the aftermath. The head of Venezuela’s pro-government constitutional assembly said he would have the body take up a proposal to strip both lawmakers of their immunity protections, drawing cries from anti-government lawmakers that such a move would be unconstitutional. During a national television broadcast Tuesday night, Maduro said statements from some of the six suspects already arrested in the weekend attack pointed to key financiers and others, including Julio Borges, one of the country’s most prominent opposition leaders who is a lawmaker but is living in exile in Colombia. The investigations point to him,” Maduro said during Tuesday’s broadcast, though he provided no details of Borges’ alleged role. In addition to seeking the arrest of Julio Borges, the court also called for the prosecution of another opposition lawmaker, Juan Requesens, who police detained a day earlier. Critics of Maduro’s socialist government had said immediately after the attack that they feared the unpopular leader would use the incident as an excuse to round up opposition politicians as he seeks to dampen spreading discontent over Venezuela’s devastating economic collapse. The 'attack' allegedly involved two drones loaded with explosives which was to be used to harm President Maduro during a military event in the capital Caracas on Saturday. “I trust in the good faith of Donald Trump.”

State television on Wednesday showed Venezuela’s foreign minister, Jorge Arreaza, and Saab, the attorney general, meeting with James Story, the top U.S. diplomat in Caracas.
The Venezuelan Constituent National Assembly revokes the immunity of opposition politicians Julio Borges and Juan Requesens after claiming that they were involved in an assassination plot on President Nicolás Maduro.