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Related: About this forumVenezuelan special police unit blamed for abuses, killings
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-police-factbox/venezuelan-special-police-unit-blamed-for-abuses-killings-idUSKCN1PS07W----------------
Rights groups say the National Polices Special Action Force (FAES) has been of particular concern since Maduro created the unit in 2017.
Numbering some 1,300 officers armed with Chinese and Russian weaponry, the force has killed more than 100 people in low-income neighborhoods over the last six months without any subsequent investigations, local rights group Provea said in a Jan. 26 report.
As Maduro fights to hold onto power in the face of tightening U.S. sanctions and Western powers support for opposition leader Juan Guaido, the FAES has proclaimed its loyalty to his government.
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Venezuelan special police unit blamed for abuses, killings (Original Post)
Bacchus4.0
Feb 2019
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They are singling out these areas because they have turned on Chavismo. Even the kids
GatoGordo
Feb 2019
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GatoGordo
(2,412 posts)1. They are singling out these areas because they have turned on Chavismo. Even the kids
These areas are populated with poor people who in the past Chavismo could count on. Now, they are starving and being told by Maduro that if they don't support him now, they can expect to get "what they deserve". These areas are infested with colectivos who are Chavismo enforcers, who in turn report to the FAES who isn't loyal. It isn't enough that they don't get their CLAP box anymore. If they so much as bang on a pot/pan, they are singled out for abuse.
https://www.caracaschronicles.com/2019/02/05/the-new-targets-of-chavista-repression-children/
Bacchus4.0
(6,837 posts)2. Our resident chavista still thinks chavismo has been a success nt
GatoGordo
(2,412 posts)3. Of course. It is the Revolution that is important
El Pueblo? Meh.....