Security forces in Caracas during clashes against alleged members of a criminal gang in the surroundings of La Cota 905 neighborhood on July 8, 2021 © Yuri CORTEZ / AFP
The Guardian/Reuters: Venezuela: intense gun battles rage in Caracas between gangs and police
* Roads closed in capital and people urged to stay at home
* Human rights activists say at least four killed and six wounded
Venezuelan authorities have closed roads in Caracas amid intense raging gun battles between security forces and organized crime gangs that analysts say are trying to expand the territory under their control in the capital.
Heavily armed criminal groups have moved in the past month to residential and commercial areas from slums in the city’s hills, and violence has exploded over the past 24 hours with firefights breaking out in at least five populous neighborhoods.
“State security agencies continue to be deployed in the areas affected by these criminals,” the interior minister, Carmen Meléndez, wrote on Twitter.
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Update #1: Gunfights between gangs and police close major roads in Caracas (CNN)
Update #2: 3 reported dead in Caracas gun battles as Venezuelan police fight gangs seeking to expand territory (VIDEOS) (RT)
WNU Editor: Even with high oil prices, Venezuela cannot take advantage of it due tot heir broken infrastructure.
4 comments:
Kinda surprising taking place right in the capitol.
Remember who's calling these groups " criminals".
Does is have any relation to Colombian narco states in Haiti? DuqueEA in Venezuela?
1) Forced 5 million Venezuelans to flee. You can take their apartment, land or whatever and distribute it to followers.
2) Ruthless Regime
3) Regime leaders has foreign praetorian guard or shock force
Still cannot control the country much less the capitol. If I were bus driver Maduro, I would lose weight like Kim Jong Un or pack on more pounds eating comfort food.
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