Venezuela arrests third person for DirectTV pull out

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(6 Jun 2020) Venezuelan authorities on Friday jailed a DirecTV local manager under an arrest warrant after the service was pulled from the country. • Carlos Villamizar was the last of three managers jailed. • Villamizar said on Friday, from the notorious Helicoide jail in Caracas, that he had no knowledge that services were to end and he was innocent of any crimes. • Carlos Villamizar, a father of two young children, said he was a victim along with hundreds of fellow employees who lost their jobs. • The Dallas-based parent company AT T abruptly ditched its popular satellite TV service on May 19. • It cited US sanctions that prohibit DirecTV from broadcasting channels that were required by the administration of President Nicolás Maduro. • The men's attorney Jesus Loreto, who called it unjust, said the men had cooperated with authorities, appearing this week first at chief prosecutor's office and then the Venezuelan Supreme Court. • Hector Rivero and Rodolfo Carrano, the other two employees, appeared at the Supreme Court on Thursday. • Maduro's government accused the company of denying its citizens rights to information. • Residents in Caracas have protested after losing the service when the population is in the middle of a quarantine order, many having no other way of receiving movies, news and sports. • It came as the administration of US President Donald Trump increased political pressure against Maduro in a maximum pressure campaign, aimed at ending the socialist leader's rule. • • Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork • Twitter: / ap_archive • Facebook: / aparchives • Instagram: / apnews • • • You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...

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