Venezuelan soldier further remanded on gun charges

Johnny Ventura Gomez Rivas

Venezuelan soldier Johnny Ventura Gomez Rivas was yesterday further remanded to prison after the prosecution informed Magistrate Ann McLennan that it was unaware of a diplomatic settlement.

Rivas was remanded to prison on Monday after being arraigned over discharging a loaded firearm and being in possession of an unlicensed gun and ammunition.

His attorney Mark Conaway, in a bail application on Monday,