Venezuelan Death Squads Have Killed An Estimated 831 People, Many Who Dared To Protest The Regime

Hot Air ^ | 11/07/19 | JOHN SEXTON

[Enlightened1]

That’s the right word for this kind of politically motivated violence: Terrorism. The murders aren’t aimed at valuable members of the opposition. On the contrary, they seem somewhat random. And they aren’t numerous enough to really decimate the ranks of the anti-Maduro movement. But they are enough to instill fear in the slums that anyone who dares to speak up could be next.

It’s not just the FAES that is cracking down on government opposition. The AFP story also contains this incredible statistic: “According to official data, 17,849 people died from 2016 through May 2019 in cases involving “resisting authorities.” For comparison purposes, that more than all the murders that occurred in the Unites States in 2018. The US has nearly 10 times the population of Venezuela.

The AFP published a video supplementing this story (in Spanish) but it can’t be embedded. You can watch it here.

 

[Enlightened1]

Democrats taking notes.....

[tired&retired]

Coming to America..... sad

[CatOwner]

If the DEMs are just now taking notes, then they are several decades behind the Clinton.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

Yep!

It’s coming here too.

[rrrod]

Putin is proud...

[IronJack]

Ju vill be enlightened or ju vill DIE!

[lee martell]

Are these Venezuelan citizens hired in the Death Squads, to kill other Venezuelans? I heard Russia was sending a ‘Monitoring Team’ there some months ago. Maybe to protect what was left of the oil fields.

[gunsequalfreedom]

Venezuelan Death Squads Have Killed An Estimated 831 People, Many Who Dared To Protest The Regime

They are way behind the Clintons.

[SpaceBar]

A worker’s paradise where most of the work is digging graves.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Every time I read this I always think of the FReepers, many who are no longer with us, who railed at me for supporting the coup against Chavez.

We had to "follow the process" they smugly declared. They then told me that I could not tell what would happen in the future and even if Chavez had committed any crimes prior to the coup the proper response was to have him arrested and given a fair and proper trial. I was total barbarian for thinking otherwise.

I was also right.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Lots of FARC members.

[House Atreides]

Democrats taking notes.....
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And making PLANS.

[DoughtyOne]

What ANTIFA aspires to.

[alloysteel]

Only 831? These guys are pikers. Che Guerava did almost that well on his own initiative. Guevara came in charge of La Cabaña Fortress prison. It is estimated that between 156 and 550 people were executed on Guevara’s extra-judicial orders during this time.

And this was WAY before the al-Qaeda and ISIS commandos came on the scene.

What is going on in Mexico on an almost daily basis probably is many times this number, but mostly nobody is getting excited about that. After all, in Mexico it is “just business”.

[frnewsjunkie]

this is what young ignorant spoiled millenials are asking for in a president who offers free everything.. free education, free healthcare, homes, cars, just no freedom to think on one’s own nor disagree with the master controllers.

[DIRTYSECRET]

Do we have to do what Augusto Pinochet did?

[frnewsjunkie]

What is disgusting is this 3 yr coup fight, is going on without firing a shot! being civil on one side and breaking every rule and law on the otherside.. because they can... no one has stopped them!!!!!!!!!

usually there is a fight.. military... arms... and a war.. not so with the GOP... and the dims have done it for so long, they think they can!

[wildcard_redneck]

And the heretical antipope Francis is AOK with that.

[jmacusa]

Cry me a river. Latin Americans think socialism is the bee’s knee’s. They vote for it every time. And when it predictably fails they start shooting their way out if it. And then they proceed to vote for more socialism.