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La Vega Raid
The La Vega raid was a police raid that occurred on 8 January 2021 in La Vega Parish, Caracas, Venezuela. The objective of the raid was to take control of La Vega Parish, which was controlled by the ''El Loco'' gang. Members of the Venezuelan National Police (PNB), the Special Action Forces (FAES) and the Venezuelan National Guard seized control of the parish, killing a number of people in the neighborhood. According to investigative journalists and human rights organizations, the death toll was 23 people. By 11 January, no member of the Nicolás Maduro administration had made a statement about the events or announced a death toll. Background In June 2019, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, documented dozens of extrajudicial killings in Venezuela and included among her report's recommendations to disband the Special Action Forces (FAES) and open an independent investigation of their actions. Few days after the report was published, Nicol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Vega Parish
La Vega is a parish located in the Libertador Bolivarian Municipality, central of the city of Caracas, Venezuela. Is one of the 22 parishes of Libertador Municipality and one of the 32 parishes of Caracas. It is located in the center-west of Libertador Municipality. Limit to the north with the parishes El Paraíso, Antímano and Santa Rosalía; to the south with Coche, Caricuao, El Valle and Antímano parishes; to the east, it borders Coche, Santa Rosalía, El Valle and El Paraíso parishes; to the west it limits with Antímano, Caricuao and El Paraíso parishes. History The town of La Vega was originally the settlement of the slaves who tilled the land in the Hacienda Montalbán, created by the Spaniards as sugar cane mill. Being populated in its beginnings by the Indians Toromaimas Then it was founded as Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá de la Vega on July 18, 1813, the then town remained without major variations until 1907 when Engineer Alberto Smith constitut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |