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People hold placards reading "Free Luis Carlos" outside the office of Venezuela's attorney general in Caracas on March 12, 2019. The journalist was released later on March 12. (Reuters/Carlos Garcia Rawlins)

Journalist Luis Carlos Díaz released from detention, banned from leaving Venezuela

April 5, 2019 4:14 PM EDT

Venezuelan authorities released radio journalist Luis Carlos Díaz on March 12, 2019, after detaining him for more than 24 hours, according to news reports.

Venezuelan intelligence agents detain critical journalist

March 12, 2019 10:09 AM EDT

Miami, March 12, 2019 — Venezuelan authorities should immediately release radio journalist Luis Carlos Díaz, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.