A demonstration called by the opposition Wednesday to Nicolás Maduro government ended with a tragic outcome. Venezuela 's Attorney General Luisa Ortega Diaz, confirmed the shooting death of two people plus another 23 injured in the protests that took place in Caracas and major cities. Riots occurred when a student demonstration that was wagered outside the offices of the Attorney General in the center of the capital, police tried to break up the protest faced. The main leaders of the political opposition immediately distanced themselves from violence.
One of the deceased is responsible for coordinating all - bands called vigilante groups armed by the government, the January 23 neighborhood of the capital, a major Chavez enclaves. His name is Juan Villegas. The other deceased person by the name of Da Costa and Bassil was a student.
A lot of opposition supporters walked from Plaza Venezuela to the headquarters of the Attorney General's Office in the parish of La Candelaria Caracas. Students tried to deliver a document that rejected the arrest of five of his colleagues complaining occurred since last week in Tachira and Merida, in western Venezuela.
The activity ended shortly after two pm (half past seven p.m. in mainland Spain), but an hour later, according COUNTRY could check on the spot, all presaged that the protest would not end peacefully. There were people with stones in hand and bare torso. They used their shirts to cover his face. Others wore masks to avoid causing choking tear gas used by the police to repress demonstrations. A pungent vinegar smell, which dissipates the effects of suffocation felt.
At the same time, a police cordon prevented the demonstrators dispersed into the surrounding streets. At 3:30 pm they started flying stones and bottles on both sides. The police moved to disperse the group stood in front of the prosecution. The students ran to the neighboring Bolivar Avenue and subway exits. Twitter users reported gunfire. The protesters decided to stay in place and challenge the police threw stones on the facade of the Public Ministry.
While all this was happening, not Venezuelan television broadcast live images in a clear indication of self-censorship. International channel NTN24 was the only transmitting what was happening in Caracas. The leader of the opposition Popular Will training, Leopoldo Lopez, and Congresswoman Maria Corina Machado, wing leading opposition party to take the streets to press for a new call for elections bucked violence through the issuance and claimed that it was the Government through its paramilitary bands that provoked violence.
One minute before the four p.m. William Castillo, president of the National Telecommunications Commission, the regulator asked on his Twitter account international television signals "respect the Venezuelan people." "Promoting violence and ignorance of the authorities is a crime," the official said. It was a warning of things to come. At six pm local time the pay-TV company DirecTV signal pulled its program schedule. A tune Venezuelans had left the official channel Venezolana de Television broadcast or YouTube NTN24.
The government promised to investigate the facts and punish those responsible. Last night had not yet ruled on these facts President Nicolas Maduro, but other Chavista leaders were quick to blame the opposition. Foreign Minister Elias Jaua Leopoldo Lopez accused of being the " intellectual author of death and injuries in Caracas." "The state has no more excuses to punish this murderer," he added. "Fascism is cut head. Our country deserves peace and life, "he said via Twitter.
President of the National Assembly (AN), Diosdado Cabello, also made directly responsible both Machado Lopez as the events in Caracas, as they called the march to the headquarters of the Office. "They are the ones responsible," he said. "The people are left with large, will never rule this country What do they think? ".
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