CARACAS, Venezuela, April 27 (UPI) -- Antonio Ledezma, the mayor of Caracas who has been jailed for allegedly conspiring against President Nicolas Maduro, was hospitalized over the weekend.
Mitzy Capriles, Ledezma's wife, wrote on Twitter Friday that her husband had been diagnosed with a groin hernia and required immediate surgery. She appealed to authorities to allow her husband to recuperate at home.