A major Venezuelan opposition party has said that one of its activists was murdered this week after being detained by security officials in the western state of Apure. Edwin Santos “was murdered after being abducted by members of the state security forces” on Wednesday, Voluntad Popular (VP) party said, blaming the iron-fisted regime of the leftwing president, Nicolás Maduro. VP said Santos was found dead on Friday morning on a bridge that had been a focus of his advocacy, after going missing on Wednesday afternoon while traveling in the rural El Pinal district. “Witnesses in the region confirmed that he