Antonio Ledezma, the mayor of Venezuelan capital Caracas, has been detained amid claims of involvement in a US-backed coup attempt.<br /><br /> Colombian news station NTN24 showed a video of what it called the detention of Ledezma. The images showed nearly a dozen troops clad in flak jackets and camouflage uniforms ushering him toward an elevator.<br /><br /> Intelligence agents took the 59-year-old veteran politician from his office in the banking district of Caracas after breaking down doors and firing shots in the air, witnesses said.<br /><br /> Supporters have leapt to Ledezma’s defence.<br /><br /> “This is an attack not only on Antonio, not only on democracy, not only on the opposition: it’s an attack on the rights of the Venezuelan people to live in peace,” <br />said fellow opposition leader Jesus Torrealba.<br /><br /> The arrest comes a year after protests erupted calling for President Nicolas Maduro’s resignation, sparking violence that has killed dozens of people.<br /><br /> In a live broadcast, Maduro accused Ledezma of links to an ef
