New 'anti-coup squad' in Venezuela monitors, hunts opponents perceived as risk

Maduro announced the creation of the anti-coup command in a television transmission on Jan. 8: "Surrender, because the anti-coup command has arrived and is dedicated 24 hours a day to take preventive, legal and corrective measures against all coup and terrorist sectors," he said. Since the announcement, half a dozen heavyweight opposition members have been captured and thrown to jail -- most of them under weapon charges of some kind. More…