Government Forces Murder 4 More Protesters In Venezuela, Bringing Death Toll To 80
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Jul 2, 2017
As the oppressive regime of leftist autocrat Nicolas Maduro intensifies its crackdown on anti-government protesters who have been gathering daily in the streets of Caracas and other Venezuelan cities to demand regime change, the government’s body count continues to climb. Last week, one such government-sanctioned killing was caught on video. The chilling footage shows Venezuelan soldiers shooting a 22-year-old rioter in the chest after he hurled rocks at them.
The Associated Press reports that at least four people were killed and eight injured during anti-government protests in central Venezuela on Saturday. The deaths brought to at least 80 the number of people killed since anti-government protests erupted three months ago.
“Chief prosecutor Luis Ortega Diaz confirmed that four deaths occurred Friday in clashes in Barquisimeto. The city’s mayor blamed the deaths on armed militias that support Venezuela’s socialist government.”
The deaths occurred as Ortega Diaz – who has had the temerity to stand up to Maduro and question his late-March decision to dissolve the opposition-controlled National Assembly – asked the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for protection Friday, days after Venezuela’s Supreme Court barred her from leaving the country and ordered her bank accounts froze, according to the Associated Press.
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