Was Venezuela's rebel cop executed? Leaked photos raise questions

Immediately following Perez's death, rumors began to circulate that he had actually been captured alive, and had been executed by government forces afraid that he would continue to threaten the government from prison. In March, Venezuela's former Attorney General Luisa Ortega, who has lived in exile in Colombia since breaking with Maduro, said she had obtained proof that Perez had been captured alive and executed. She tweeted two graphic photos, which she said showed Perez's side and back peppered with gunshot wounds. She claims to possess a trove of more than 300 photos and police documents about the incident, which says she received from sources inside the security forces and Venezuelan government. More…