Venezuelan opposition leader joins family in Spain after fleeing Caracas

Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez has fled Caracas after more than six years in confinement (Martin Mejia/AP)

Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez is a free man and has been reunited with his family in Madrid following a daring escape from Caracas after more than six years in confinement.

Mr Lopez arrived in the Spanish capital on Sunday following what aides described as a whirlwind escape from the Spanish ambassador’s residence in Caracas, where he had been holed up since leading a failed US-backed military putsch against President Nicolas Maduro in April 2019.