Chavez Foe Escapes From Military Prison
Union leader Carlos Ortega escaped from a military prison where he was serving a sentence of nearly 16 years for rebellion, the attorney general said.
Ortega, president of the Confederation of Venezuelan Workers, led a two-month general strike in 2002 that nearly shuttered the nation’s vital oil industry in an effort to oust President Hugo Chavez.
The attorney general said he suspected that personnel at the Ramo Verde military prison, outside Caracas, the capital, aided Ortega and three military officers who also fled.
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