Venezuelan officials jailed a second opposition figure Thursday as tensions mounted in the economically struggling South American country. Officials re-arrested former Gen. Raul Baduel, saying he had been conspiring to overthrow the government. Baduel was once a high-ranking member of the administration of late President Hugo Chavez, but later became critical of the socialist party. Baduel was freed from prison in 2015 after serving six years on corruption charges. On Wednesday, officials arrested substitute lawmaker Gilber Caro from a hardline opposition party on weapons charges. The arrests come as a fledgling “anti-coup” unit inside the government targets what it calls renewed opposition attempts to destabilize the country. Human rights groups said the arrests go against the government’s recent freeing of several jailed activists as part of Vatican-sponsored mediation effort. The opposition is asking the government to free dozens of prisoners widely considered […]