Venezuela forces killed thousands, then covered it up, UN says | World News, The Indian Express

Venezuela forces killed thousands, then covered it up, UN says | World News, The Indian Express

By New York Times |Geneva |Published: July 5, 2019 9:31:39 am

Venezuela forces killed thousands, then covered it up, UN says

Special Action Forces described by witnesses as “death squads” killed 5,287 people in 2018 and another 1,569 by mid-May of this year, in what are officially termed by the Venezuelan government “Operations for the Liberation of the People,” U.N. investigators reported.

People holding placards in reference to Rafael Acosta, a navy captain who died while in detention according to his wife, and Rufo Chacon, who was left blind after police fired rubber bullets at his face, according to his mother, take part in a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela July 4, 2019. (Reuters)

(Written by Nick Cumming-Bruce)