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Venezuelan coup leader goes into exile
CARACAS, Venezuela, May 29 (UPI) -- Venezuelan business leader Pedro Carmona, who briefly replaced President Hugo Chavez after mid-April's military coup, went into exile in Colombia Wednesday. Carmona had been under house arrest since Chavez's triumphant return to power on April 14 and was facing a judicial investigation into his role in the short-lived coup. The 62-year-old dodged guards outside his Caracas residence last Thursday after learning that Venezuela's Appeals Court had decided he should await trial in prison. Carmona was facing charges of rebellion and the usurpation of official functions. He is to date the only civilian to have been charged with offenses arising from the failed coup.

posted by West 12:38 PM