CARACAS - Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro said Thursday the shooting dead of an opposition leader appeared to be a gangland score-settling, dismissing claims it was politically motivated ahead of key elections.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro delivers a speech in front of the Miraflores presidential palace, in Caracas on November 21, 2015
Maduro said authorities were investigating the "regrettable" death of Luis Manuel Diaz and "the interior ministry has evidence that suggests it was a contract killing carried out to settle a score between rival gangs."