Two 20-year-old youths were killed on Thursday in protests against Nicolás Maduro’s government in two Venezuelan states, increasing the number of victims to 72 people in two and a half months of demonstrations.
The prosecution confirmed that it investigates the death of the young José Pérez, a student who was in a demonstration in the town of Rubio, Táchira State when he was shot in the face.
The students were attacked by some groups (armed, government-affiliated groups),”
said Walter Chacón, president of the Municipal Council of Rubio.
The Attorney General also investigates the death of Luis Vera in the city of Maracaibo, Zulia State, who was at a demonstration when he was wounded by Darwin Rubio, 37, who will be brought before a control court.
The protests against Maduro began on April 1st to demand the president’s early departure with general elections.
Demonstrations, which also reject the Constituent Assembly prompted by Maduro to reform the Magna Carta, often degenerate into clashes and riots that also leave more than a thousand people injured, according to the prosecution, and more than 3,000 arrests, according to the NGO Criminal Forum.