‘Nico, hold on, the people are rising,' marchers chant

Thousands of people marched in Venezuela on Wednesday to demand the release of Nicolas Maduro, toppled and captured in the US assault, while an official video showed grieving relatives mourning those killed in the attack.

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Government loyalists have held daily demonstrations since 3 January, when US forces nabbed Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, during a bombing raid on Caracas and took them to face trial on drug charges in New York.

“Nico, hold on, the people are rising!” protesters chanted, in the sun and rain during their three-kilometre trek through downtown Caracas.

“Our president is innocent, our president is a working man, a man of the people,” said Nancy Ramos, a 58-year-old community leader dressed in military fatigues.