(CNN) -- Venezuela has asked Interpol to arrest the owner of the only TV station still openly critical of leftist President Hugo Chavez, the government announced Friday.
Guillermo Zuloaga, president of Globovision, is accused of illegally storing vehicles with the intent to sell them for a profit, the Venezuelan government said when it issued an arrest warrant last week. His son, also named Guillermo, also is wanted.
Zuloaga and his son have said that he is being persecuted for political purposes and that the charges are trumped up.
He is reported to have left the country, and Venezuela asked the international police agency to arrest him and his son.
