National Guard troops arrested two brothers Friday in connection with a state prosecutor's killing, just days after two suspects in the car bombing case were shot dead by police, authorities said. Rolando and Otoniel Guevara, both former police officers, were arrested by troops on a highway near Carabobo state, 93 miles west of Caracas, Interior Minister Jesse Chacon said at a news conference. Chacon confirmed the brothers were arrested in relation to last week's slaying of state prosecutor Danilo Anderson, but didn't call them suspects. However, unnamed National Guard officials earlier called the brothers suspects. Chacon gave no further details on the arrests.
Anderson was in western Caracas when a small bomb exploded under the driver's seat of the SUV he was driving. Officials say Anderson's killing was likely politically motivated. He was investigating some 400 opposition leaders and businessmen who supported a 2002 coup that briefly removed President Hugo Chavez from power. On Tuesday, authorities say, police fatally shot attorney Antonio Lopez after he opened fire on them when they approached his car in Caracas. Two days later, another man, identified as Juan Carlos Sanchez, was killed by police after he shot atn officers when they knocked on the door of his motel room in the town of Barquisimeto, 124 miles west of Caracas, officials say. Police say they discovered Lopez and Sanchez had explosives in their possession similar to those used to blow up Anderson's SUV. 
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