Venezuelan authorities confirmed a young
man was killed during anti-government protests and vowed to investigate the
death, the first since a controversy over the Supreme Court blew up last week. The
march of thousands of people culminated in clashes on Thursday and opposition
leaders said Jairo Ortiz was shot in a Caracas suburb by security forces who
were breaking up a protest there. "In the face of the vile assassination
of the young Jairo Ortiz, we manifest our firm condemnation of such a vile
act," state human rights ombudsman Tarek Saab said on Twitter early on
Friday. More…
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