Two Venezuelan generals among group detained for 'treason': lawyer

Two Venezuelan generals were among a group of people arrested last week for allegedly plotting against the country's President Nicolas Maduro, their lawyer has said.

The generals are accused of leading a group of eight soldiers and a civilian.

Alfonso Medina Roa, a lawyer for the officers, yesterday said they were charged in a military court for "treason against the fatherland, instigation of rebellion, mutiny and crimes against military decorum."