https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/experts-react/experts-react-maduro-has-forced-venezuelas-opposition-leader-into-exile-what-should-the-world-do-now/
"Over the weekend, Edmundo González, who independent observers say won the election by a large margin, fled to Spain after a court issued a warrant for his arrest. "
Maduro
González ultimately saw no other alternative. He was left with two choices: face arrest—and likely torture—by the Maduro regime or continue the fight for Venezuelan democracy from abroad..."