Venezuela's security forces have killed 8,292 people in the past two and a half years, says the country’s former attorney general, Luisa Ortega.pic.twitter.com/HQGkPWK5NE
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Ortega, a former Socialist Party stalwart who was attorney general until fleeing to Colombia in August, is releasing data on the killings, as are independent human-rights groups and Venezuelan journalists.
Of 13 young men in Venezuela killed by soldiers, 10 were hacked with machetes, two were shot and one was tortured to death. Many died from asphyxiation in a mass grave. http://on.wsj.com/2Bn5znB pic.twitter.com/elkpDk2JsG
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