Venezuelan opposition leaders demanded the release of a Caracas mayor arrested after what they called false accusations that he was involved in a U.S.-backed coup plot against President Nicolas Maduro.

Intelligence agents took Caracas metropolitan Mayor Antonio Ledezma from his office on Thursday and were holding the veteran politician at their Helicoide headquarters while a judge decides if he will be formally charged, supporters said.

"He's in good spirits and very optimistic of demonstrating that he has no links with any wrongdoing," his lawyer, Omar Estacio, said after a brief visit to Ledezma with his wife Mitzy early on Friday.

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