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Venezuela says 2 mayors face charges of failing to maintain order
By MERY MOGOLLON AND CHRIS KRAUL
Los Angeles Times
March 5, 2014
CARACAS, Venezuela In signs of a crackdown on protests that have paralyzed parts of Venezuela for three weeks, President Nicolas Maduro's government said Thursday that two mayors faced charges of neglecting their duties, and it issued an arrest warrant for a university rector.
The government actions came as two more people were killed in violence related to protests against the Maduro administration over crime, food shortages, a weak economy and human rights. The dead were identified as a member of the National Guard and a member of the pro-government militant groups known as colectivos.
The two died during a clash in the Los Ruices barrio when government supporters tried to remove a barricade erected by protesters. The member of the militant groups was identified as Jose Gregorio Amaris Castillo, 25. The National Guard member's name was not immediately released.
The clashes followed a tense two-hour standoff between residents of apartment buildings and the armed colectivos. Residents threw bottles at the militants to keep them from clearing the debris that blocked streets. As of Thursday afternoon, disturbances were still being reported in the area.
Diosdado Cabello, president of the National Assembly, said the two victims were killed by a rooftop sniper and that those responsible would be brought to justice.
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(135,425 posts)are shooting up the joint and the NG is shooting people with rubber and real bullets, as well as steel pellets....
National Guard units also fired tear gas to disperse protesters in the affluent Chacao section of Carcacas. The government used military tanks to clear barricades there. Residents reportedly threw bottles from apartment windows, provoking police and the National Guard to respond by firing rubber bullets.
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I guess there's only poutrage and "consequences" when the shoe is on the other foot?
18 protesters have been killed thus far, many more gravely injured, and hundreds imprisoned...
Be interesting to see if these murders are solved, seeing as nine out of ten murders are NOT solved in VZ. Of course, they can always pick a likely suspect, and pin the deed on him ... or her.
And I can't help but notice that Maduro wants "the people" to do his dirty work for him--he wants to incite a civil war, between people who are simply sick of rationing, scarcity, insecurity and crime. What a sleazeball:
He's afraid the NG will get sick of this shit, and join the other side...after all, that's how Hugo took power. As for the protesters, they continue to say La guarimba debe de seguir. I don't think Maduro's attempts to use his own supporters as cannon fodder will resonate too well.