VENEZUELA: Two students are shot dead as violent protests flare in Venezuela, bringing the death toll to at least 22 as opposition supporters look to unseat President Nicolas Maduro

Record ID: 872562

  • Title: VENEZUELA: Two students are shot dead as violent protests flare in Venezuela, bringing the death toll to at least 22 as opposition supporters look to unseat President Nicolas Maduro
  • Date: 11th March 2014
  • Summary: FAMILY OF PROTEST VICTIM, DANIEL TINOCO, AT MORGUE CARS AT MORGUE VARIOUS OF FAMILY AT MORGUE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) VICTIM'S COUSIN, ANDRES CARRILLO, SAYING: "He decided to fight on the street, my cousin the young fighter who died at the hands of who knows, full of hate, full of evil, cruelty, violence. (I) call for an end to violence in the country, I think we deserve peace, to live peacefully, to continue studying and prepare ourselves for a better future. To not end up on the street like an animal because he was killed like an animal." VARIOUS OF BURNT CARS VARIOUS OF BROKEN WINDOWS AT LOCAL BUSINESSES
  • Embargoed: 26th March 2014 12:00
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  • Location: Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
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  • Country: Venezuela
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement,Domestic Politics
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  • Story Text: Two university students were shot dead in Venezuela this week in the latest round of violent protests looking to unseat President Nicolas Maduro, bring the death toll in the divided South American country to at least 22.
    In the western city of San Cristobal, popularly known as the birthplace of Venezuela's opposition protest movement, riot police fired tear gas to quell protesters after student leader Daniel Tinoco, 24, was reportedly killed after being shot in the chest.
    Tinoco had been active in Venezuela's student-led protest movement in San Cristobal.
    Mourning family members called for peace in Venezuela as protests continue to explode across the OPEC-member nation.

    "He decided to fight on the street, my cousin the young fighter who died at the hands of who knows, full of hate, full of evil, cruelty, violence. (I) call for an end to violence in the country, I think we deserve peace, to live peacefully, to continue studying and prepare ourselves for a better future. To not end up on the street like an animal because he was killed like an animal," said Tinoco's cousin, Andres Carrillo.
    The death toll from the deadly protests stands at 22 after a second student died in Guayana City in the country's south on Monday (March 10) night.
    Venezuela's anti-government protests are heading into their second month as opposition supporters take to the streets to protest insecurity, inflation and shortages. Protesters accuse Maduro's government of using excessive force against demonstrators in protests.
    But Maduro says the demonstrations are part of a Washington-backed plot to overthrow his government.
    The unrest has been the worst in Venezuela in a decade, but does not show any signs of forcing Maduro from office, nor of affecting the country's crucial oil exports.
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