May 19, 2024

A killing at sea implicates the armed forces in lawless Venezuela

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The murder, one of a growing number of violent incidents that have roiled Venezuelan waters in recent years, is an extension of a bloody crime wave that has beset the country since its economy collapsed last decade. But it is also part of a troubling trend in which state agents, from military officers to police to senior government officials, have been accused of complicity in the very crimes they are meant to prevent. By Angus Berwick, Luc Cohen. Full Text-> Reuters

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