Venezuela's former presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez said on Friday he sought diplomatic refuge after being told President Nicolas Maduro's security forces were coming for him. Gonzalez, whom the opposition insist was the real winner of a July election awarded to Maduro,

Venezuela's exiled opposition leader Gonzalez says he was warned that security forces were coming for him:::: Madrid, Spain:: Edmundo Gonzalez, Venezuelan opposition leader:: "I had to be free to be able to do what I am doing,

Edmundo González said the government made him sign a document recognizing President Nicolás Maduro as the election winner before he could flee to Spain.