The "colectivos" of Venezuela. Maduro's well armed Chavista red-shirt thugs
The Trancazo I Saw from My Window
By Shari Avendaño - July 6, 2017
Caracas Chronicles
"...Down below, the cacophony of horns from cars trying to escape the mayhem goes on and on, mixed with the roar of motorcycle engines. Quick, to the window. The PNB is withdrawing. Apparently, the situation calmed down.
“¡Activos, vecinos! ¡Colectivos!” (We’re on, neighbors! Colectivos are coming!), shouts a neighbor from an upper floor.
“¡Malditos!”
“¡Asesinos!”
That’s all you hear from the buildings. The alert gets passed around like this – via literal word of mouth. To the window, turn on the camera, zoom in, frame, record. People on the street run and hide. On the avenue there are one, three, ten… forty bikes with driver and parrillero (companion). Loud bangs announce their arrival. Damn, the video doesn’t really show it clearly.
The bikers rummage through their bags, out come the guns.
Insults give way to panicked screaming.
They move forward slowly, looking for targets. Soon they’re shooting within inches of the nearby buildings. The shots are met with bottles thrown from windows high above...."
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