Juan Guaidó Claims Police Raided His Home As He Struggles To Consolidate Power
Juan Guaidó accuses Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro of sending police to intimidate his family. The U.S.-backed opposition leader seeks to oust Maduro and replace him as interim president.
Updated at 5:53 p.m. ET
Opposition leader Juan Guaidó accused police of raiding his home Thursday, a claim that could mark an intensifying power struggle between him and Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
The U.S. considers Thursday's "acts of intimidation" against Guaidó "egregious," an unnamed senior administration official told Reuters.
Guaidó said agents from a special forces police unit with a reputation for atrocities visited his home, NPR has reported. Guaidó claimed the police asked forreported neighbors rushed to the apartment building while banging on pots and pans. The police reportedly left soon after they arrived.
