Venezuelan rebel police officer killed in shootout with special forces

Opposition lawmakers and human rights groups called for a transparent investigation into the deaths after video showed Pérez shouting over gunfire that they wished to surrender. “We’re going to turn ourselves in!” Perez said in the video. A former police officer, action-movie star and pilot, Pérez leapt into the spotlight in June, when he stole a helicopter and used it to lob grenades and fire at two government buildings in Caracas. Nobody was killed in the attack. Pérez, 36, had been one of Venezuela’s most wanted fugitives ever since, periodically posting videos on Instagram calling upon Venezuelans to take to the streets against what he called Nicolás Maduro’s tyrannical government. More…