Initiative aims to cut down on the country's high murder rate.
President Nicolas Maduro announced system in supermarkets to combat food shortages and smuggling.
Target officials U.S. says carried out human rights abuses.
Gen. Hugo Carvajal, consul to Aruba, had been detained on drug trafficking allegations.
Leopoldo Lopez is accused of inciting violence during anti-government demonstrations.
Hundreds of families will be removed from half-built 45-story tower.
Three wanted for questioning in an alleged plot to assassinate President Nicolas Maduro.
Legislation calls for travel ban and asset freeze on officials involved in human rights abuses.
The U.S. secretary of state called on President Nicolas Maduro to reopen negotiations with the opposition.
Demonstrators demanded release of those arrested in recent protests.
