Political prisoners in Venezuela share space with common criminals, both in prison and in the announcements of their release. Some human rights activists explain the odd dynamics the regime uses to manipulate its hostages.
The Monitor for Lethal Force in Latin America published its first report, covering Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Mexico and Venezuela. When it comes to executions, we’ve earned more medals than in the PanAm Games in Lima.
The state of Lara, the fifth in the number of demonstrations during 2019, is also the one where FAES has killed more people. People live in terror there.
After the High Commissioner’s high-profile visit last month, the full UN report about human rights in Venezuela was made public. And it irrefutably confirms what many try to deny.
Desiré Cumare, a nurse from Maracao, at the southwestern tip of Caracas, saw how the regime’s death squad killed his son kicking his head, “just because we can”. They also sacked the apartment. “It’s a war on us.”
Operación Sapeo is what the government gives a huge effort to get shantytown residents to snitch out neighbors who join anti-Maduro protests. It’s working.
Genuinely harrowing stories are coming out of Petare, Caracas’s biggest shantytown. As the poor begin to protest, the National Police’s death squad —FAES— has launched an unprecedented rampage.
In past protest cycles —2014 and 2017— the government relied on civilian paramilitary groups to terrorize dissidents. This time, they’re not outsourcing the job. Meet the hyper-violent National Police division leading repression in 2019.
A raid in Caracas where eight people were killed has put the spotlight on the special police group FAES. Along accusations of using excessive force, it has started to expand operations
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