Prosecutor in Chavez coup inquiry is murdered

Danilo Anderson, 38, was driving to his home in the capital on Thursday night when his Jeep exploded. The bomb was activated by remote control and designed to explode upwards, said officials.

"This was a political assassination," said the information minister, Andres Izarra.

Mr Anderson was highly prominent in Venezuela for leading several cases against opponents of Mr Chavez, including an investigation into nearly 400 activists who supported the military coup attempt against him. The president, himself a former coup leader, was ousted for two days in 2002 before loyalist troops returned him to power.

Mr Anderson had also prepared the case against a group of army officers who declared themselves in open rebellion against Mr Chavez. Some of these, now living in exile in America, have been accused of links to last year's bombings at the Spanish and Colombian embassies in Caracas.

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