Anti-government protesters hold up chains and shout during a May Day demonstration in Caracas May 1, 2014. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela said on Friday that 58 foreigners had been arrested on suspicion of inciting anti-government protests and violence that have rocked the South American for the last three months.
Interior Minister Miguel Rodriguez Torres told a news conference that Colombians, an American, a Spaniard and an Arab were among the scores of "mercenaries" rounded up before and during demonstrations against the socialist government.
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