Venezuela opposition leader’s son-in-law released from prison

The son-in-law of Venezuela’s opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez has been freed (Agustin Herrera/AP)

Rafael Tudares Bracho, the son-in-law of Venezuelan opposition figure Edmundo Gonzalez, has been released from prison after being held incommunicado for more than a year.

The release comes just two months after he was sentenced to 30 years in prison and occurs amid a recent wave of political prisoner releases announced by the acting government of Venezuela after former president Nicolas Maduro was captured by US forces to face drug-trafficking charges.