Venezuelan opposition lawmaker and former political prisoner Gilber Caro was arrested by Miami police on Monday after fleeing the scene of a fatal car crash in which he was involved.

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Caro, a member of former opposition leader Juan Guaidó’s Voluntad Popular party, is being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. He was arrested after fleeing the scene of Monday morning’s crash that left a 29-year-old man dead and a woman injured.

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According to the police report, the deceased driver ran a red light on Southwest Eighth Street at 3:40 a.m. while traveling south on Southwest 42nd Avenue, also known as LeJeune Road. Caro, who was driving a 2023 Chevrolet Tahoe SUV west on Southwest Eighth Street, struck the victim’s 2013 Hyundai Sonata, which was then diverted to the southwest corner of the intersection and collided with another car and then a palm tree.

The Hyundai landed partially in the parking lot of the Walgreens store at 4200 SW Eighth St.

The victim was pronounced dead at the scene by the Miami-Dade Fire Department. The police report states that Caro ran away and left his SUV in the middle of Southwest Eighth Street.

Caro had been living in Miami after being arrested three times by the regime in Caracas. He was initially charged with treason, possession of military weapons and US currency. The judge who ordered the arrest later admitted that the charges were based on fabricated allegations and apologized to the opposition leader before defecting to Colombia.

The arrests took place while Caro was a member of the Venezuelan National Assembly, even though his position gave him immunity from prosecution.

Herald writer David J. Neal contributed to this story.