CARACAS, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Venezuela's National Constituent Assembly (ANC) President Diosdado Cabello has confirmed that the opposition-dominated National Assembly's deputy leader Edgar Zambrano was arrested Wednesday for his involvement in the failed coup on April 30, according to local media.
Zambrano was arrested in his private car by intelligence agents with full legal formalities, and Zambrano's rights will be "fully respected," Cabello said in a televised speech on Wednesday night.
After being arrested, Zambrano gave investigators important information related to the failed coup orchestrated by National Assembly leader Juan Guaido, said Cabello.
The ANC revoked the legal immunity for seven members of the National Assembly on Tuesday who had participated in the failed coup, including Zambrano.
Venezuela's Supreme Court had authorized legal actions against the seven who have been charged with conspiracy, rebellion, and treason, among others.
Cabello disclosed that another three members of the National Assembly who had also been involved in the failed coup will also be stripped of their legal immunity and arrested.
Earlier Wednesday, Guaido said that Zambrano had been seized by intelligence agents, accusing the government of kidnapping his aide and trying to disrupt the "normal operation" of the parliament.
