Venezuelan opposition members leave shelter after more than a year

Police man a roadblock on a street leading to Argentina’s embassy in Caracas after members of Venezuela’s political opposition left the diplomatic mission (Cristian Hernandez/AP)

Five members of Venezuela’s political opposition have left the Argentine diplomatic compound in the capital Caracas, where they had sheltered for more than a year to avoid arrest.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said they were in the US after what he described as a rescue operation.