Venezuelan opposition politician ‘under house arrest’ after release from jail

Opposition politician Juan Pablo Guanipa records a video message to supporters after his release from prison in Caracas on Sunday (Cristian Hernandez/AP)

Juan Pablo Guanipa, a close political ally of Venezuela’s opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, has been placed under house arrest, his family said on Tuesday, two days after he was released from prison.

Mr Guanipa, a former governor for the opposition, is at home in the northwest city of Maracaibo, his son, Ramon Guanipa, posted on X.