Venezuelan security forces last week arrived at an apartment
complex in a town outside Caracas following an opposition demonstration,
shouting accusations that weapons were being stored inside, according to
witnesses. Without showing search warrants, dozens of troops ripped out gates
and broke down doors in the 11-building Montana Alta complex in Los Teques,
residents said, adding that they fired rubber bullets and tear gas once inside.
Such raids have become an increasingly common response by the government of
President Nicolas Maduro to three months of often violent opposition protests
demanding early elections and a resolution to the country’s chaotic economic
collapse. More…
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