Venezuela arrests two suspects in lawmaker's murder

Venezuelan authorities have arrested two men in connection with the murder of a pro-government lawmaker this month, President Nicolas Maduro said on Wednesday. Legislator Robert Serra and his companion Maria Herrera were stabbed to death in his home two weeks ago in what government officials described as a carefully planned assassination. "This crime was committed to shake up society, the state, the country, to take us toward violence," Maduro said at a news conference, adding that Serra's main bodyguard was involved and that right-wing Colombian paramilitaries had participated. More…