The Latest: Venezuela assembly votes to oust top prosecutor

Venezuela's newly installed constitutional assembly has voted unanimously to remove chief prosecutor Luisa Ortega and replaced her with a government loyalist.

Human rights groups and foreign governments have denounced attacks by government officials on Ortega, the nation's top law enforcement official.

Venezuela's chief prosecutor says she is being barred from entering her offices by security forces that surrounded the building as a pro-government constitutional assembly is expected to consider removing her.

A few dozen members of Venezuela's national guard have surrounded the offices of the chief prosecutor before her possible removal by a newly-empowered constitutional assembly.

There was no immediate explanation by the government but Ortega tweeted photos of the troop movements to denounce what she called an arbitrary "siege" of her office.

Former Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez's nomination as leader was unanimously approved by the assembly's 545 delegates in Friday's session, which was held despite strong criticism from Washington and Venezuela's opposition, which fear the body will be a tool for imposing dictatorship.