Venezuela tries to reduce tension with Chile over murder of dissident Ronald Ojeda ( english.elpais.com )

Attorney General Tarek William Saab said he will take action to locate and arrest the individuals suspected of killing the anti-Maduro activist, whose body was found last month inside a suitcase covered with cement

Venezuela has decided to cooperate, at least on the diplomatic front that has been opened with Chile following the murder of former Venezuelan military officer Ronald Ojeda, who had taken refuge in that country. Venezuela’s attorney general Tarek William Saab reported that he will respond to requests for information from the Chilean prosecutor’s office regarding five people who have been linked to the crime. 

Ojeda, a former lieutenant who opposed the government of Nicolás Maduro and a political refugee in Chile since 2018, was found dead on March 2, his body inside a suitcase buried beneath a building in the outskirts of Santiago de Chile, sprinkled with white lime powder to hasten decomposition and covered with cement. Saab has said that he will take action to locate the individuals designated for arrest, in the event that they are in Venezuela; he also noted that Chile’s request for mutual assistance was not carried out through the corresponding diplomatic mechanisms.