Venezuela blocks Latin American ex-presidents from seeing detained leaders

Venezuela blocked two former Latin American presidents on Friday from visiting opposition leaders jailed a year ago for their roles in deadly protests against the government of socialist President Nicolas Maduro.

Andres Pastrana of Colombia and Jorge Quiroga of Bolivia, both political conservatives, were not allowed to meet opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez and former mayor Daniel Ceballos.

"This is the second time they did not let us through ... but we will be here again," Pastrana told reporters, referring to a prior visit in January when he attempted to see Lopez.

Lopez is being held in the Ramo Verde military prison outside Caracas, while Ceballos is in a civilian prison in the central state of Guarico.

http://news.yahoo.com/venezuela-blocks-latin-american-ex-presidents-seeing-detained-214000801.html