Venezuela seeks protest leader's arrest after unrest kills 3

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a meeting with military high command and ministers at Miraflores Palace in Caracas February 13, 2014. REUTERS/Miraflores Palace/ Handout via Reuters

CARACAS (Reuters) - A Venezuelan court ordered the arrest on Thursday of opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez on charges including murder and terrorism linked to street protests that resulted in the deaths of three people the day before.

Using a slogan "The Exit," the U.S.-educated Lopez has for two weeks helped organize sporadic demonstrations around the country to denounce President Nicolas Maduro for failing to control inflation, crime and product shortages.