Multiple homicide leaves 6 dead in Venezuela

[Bacchus39]

imagine how you would feel if these were your kids,



http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/23/news/LT-Venezuela-Violence.php

Multiple homicide leaves 6 dead in Venezuela
The Associated PressPublished: October 24, 2008


CARACAS, Venezuela: Police say five teenagers and an adult have been found shot dead execution-style in Venezuela.

The Attorney General's Office says the bodies were found Thursday in the southwestern state of Portuguesa.

It said in a statement that the victims' hands were bound, and they were shot at close range.

Relatives say the victims were abducted Tuesday by armed men who identified themselves as police and National Guard troops.

Investigators have not yet determined whether police or soldiers were involved.

More than 13,000 people were murdered in Venezuela last year, according to the government. Some criminologists believe the toll is higher.

[Bacchus39]

1. death squad activity

well:

http://www.amnesty.org/fr/library/asset/AMR53/006/2002/...

"Death squads have operated in Venezuela for many years, but their activities appear to have increased with the rise of violent crime in much of the country. They are often made up of serving police officers and other state employees, which means they can often act with impunity. They target suspected criminals, but are frequently involved in extortion and other criminal activities themselves."


http://www.sptimes.com/2003/12/05/Worldandnation/Venezu...

"What happened to Diaz, say human rights activists, is typical of the kind of "death squad" tactics used by police in Aragua state, one of Venezuela's most lawless provinces, about 50 miles southwest of the capital, Caracas.

His death was among 800 extrajudicial killings by police in the state over the past few years, they say. Several officers in Aragua have been arrested, but none have been tried. Families of victims and their lawyers say local prosecutors and judges are afraid to pursue the cases."

http://hrw.org/englishwr2k8/docs/2008/01/31/venezu17776...

Police Killings
Extrajudicial killings by security agents remain a frequent occurrence in Venezuela. Thousands of extrajudicial executions have been recorded in the last decade. Impunity remains the norm. Between January 2000 and February 2007, the attorney general’s office registered 6,068 alleged killings by the police and National Guard. Of 1,142 officials charged, only 204 were convicted.
Following several egregious murders implicating police agents, a long overdue police reform process began in June 2006 when then-Minister of the Interior and Justice Jesse Chacón convened the National Commission for Police Reform. After months of broad public consultations and debate, in January 2007 the commission published recommendations for remodeling public security institutions and strengthening police oversight. The reforms, however, had yet to be implemented at this writing.

[Judi Lynn]

2. Don't make an ass of yourself. Everyone knows the death squads are controlled by the right-wing

a-holes. It's a uniform pattern, no exceptions, throughout Latin America, and the Caribbean.

It is amusing watching you pounding away with your disinformation campaign, however.

You're not fooling anyone of normal intelligence.

[Bacchus39]

3. no disinformation or spin, its right there for you to read

I'd imagine that the majority of politically motivated assassinations are from right wing type groups, but the existence of organizations like the FARC and Shining Path make your "no exceptions" claim ridiculous. no matter how hard you want not to believe it, it happens in Brazil and Venezuela too.

[Judi Lynn]

4. Death squads do the vile work, ridding countries of perceived enemies of the govermnents,

just as has been pointed out eternally. They occassionally work in JOINT EFFORT with a country's military.

Venezuelan death squads work for the people who USED to control the government. They are rightwinger monsters, just like the fascist shock troops in Bolivia who also work for the European descended huge landowners/filthy scum.