The father of the footballer John Chancelloran international with Venezuela, was arrested this Wednesday in this country in the midst of a wave of arrests following protests against the re-election of the president Nicolas Maduroa relative told AFP.
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Former mayor of the municipality of Sifontes, in the mining state of Bolívar (south), opposition leader Carlos Chancellor was intercepted at a police checkpoint on the highway by police officers when he was heading to Barcelona, in the neighboring state of Anzoátegui, said one of his sons, Juan Chancellor.
“We don’t know where he is,” he said. More than 2,200 arrests have been recorded in the Caribbean country, according to Maduro, after protests broke out over the proclamation of the leftist leader as the winner of the elections of July 28, which the opposition denounces as a fraud.
Carlos Chancellor, 64, was in prison for five years and seven months on charges of “incitement to commit crimes and obstruction of public roads” following protests by mining workers during the government of the late Hugo Chavez.
He has been arrested on other occasions and later released. The charges against him on this occasion are not known.
Chancellor, in Ecuador
Jhon Chancellor looks to intercept the ball.
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Jhon Chancellor has just signed with the Ecuadorian club Universidad Católica, which on Wednesday suspended the press conference in which it was going to formally present the 32-year-old center back.
With a long career abroad, which includes stints in Europe in Russia and Italy, the defender is a regular in the Vinotinto squad, with whom he has played 37 matches and scored three goals.
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