Rubio says Venezuelans sheltering at Argentinian embassy ‘rescued’ by US

Secretary of state says opponents of Maduro have left diplomatic compound in Caracas and are safely on US soil'

Five members of Venezuela's political opposition have left the Argentinian diplomatic compound in their country's capital, Caracas, where they had sheltered for more than a year to avoid arrest, and were in the United States on Tuesday, US secretary of state Marco Rubio said.

Rubio did not provide details of the group's movements to reach the US, but he described the event as a rescue operation.