Venezuela seeks cross-border arrest of ex-prosecutor

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has said he would seek international cooperation to arrest a fired chief prosecutor who fled the country after defying him amid a deadly political crisis.
"Venezuela is going to ask Interpol to issue a red notice against these people involved in serious crimes," Maduro told a news conference, referring to ex-chief prosecutor Luisa Ortega and her lawmaker husband.
The couple faces court action by Maduro's allies which they have denounced as politically motivated.
They fled first to Colombia and were bound on Tuesday for Brazil, Colombian migration authorities said.
Both those countries have echoed Ortega and the United States in condemning Maduro's handling of the crisis.

A loyalist of late socialist president Hugo Chavez, Ortega broke ranks with his successor Maduro to become his most high-ranking domestic critic as international pressure on the president mounted.

Ortega, 59, was fired from her post this month after being earlier charged with misconduct by authorities loyal to Maduro.
She and her husband, German Ferrer, fled on Friday after the pro-Maduro Supreme Court issued an arrest warrant against Ferrer for alleged corruption and extortion.
The Venezuelan courts had already frozen Ortega's assets and banned her from traveling abroad.
Maduro has faced months of deadly mass protests by opponents who blame him for an economic crisis and are demanding elections to replace him.

International pressure has also grown, with US President Donald Trump even saying this month that the United States reserved the option of military intervention in the Venezuela crisis.