Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Crime in Venezuela is widespread, with violent crimes such as murder and kidnapping increasing for several years. In 2014, the United Nations attributed crime to the poor political and economic environment in the country—which, at the time, had the second highest murder rate in the world.
It has been marked by hyperinflation, escalating starvation, [3] disease, crime and mortality rates, resulting in massive emigration. [4] It is the worst economic crisis in Venezuela's history, and the worst facing a country in peacetime since the mid-20th century.
The national homicide average for Venezuela in 2023 was 26.8, almost four times higher than the rate in the U.S. According to the group, the Caracas homicide rate rate for 2023 came down a bit ...
An investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to analyze possible crimes against humanity committed in Venezuela was opened in 2021. [1] A preliminary examination was initially opened in 2006, and closed after concluding that the requirements to start an investigation had not been met. [2]
Police stand guard in the Tocorón prison in Venezuela on September 23, 2023. The bosses of the Tren de Aragua gang controlled the prison, according to a report by Transparency Venezuela.
The next presidential term in Venezuela is set to ... doubling down on its intention to arrest the opposition leader. ... is a clear example of the regime’s strategy of exporting crime and chaos ...
The Massacre of El Amparo was a massacre of 14 fishermen that took place near the village of El Amparo, in Venezuela's western state of Apure, on 29 October 1988. [16] [17] A joint military-police unit claimed the fishermen (who had no police records and were not known to either Venezuelan or Colombian military intelligence) [18] were a group of guerillas who attacked them with guns and ...
Six Americans who had been detained in Venezuela are heading home to the US, President Donald Trump announced Friday, after his envoy met with the country’s President Nicolás Maduro. The ...