Trigger Warning: Graphic picture
As you may or may not know, Venezuela had its first protests in February 2014. Our leader Leopoldo López, now in prison condemned for 13 years, called us to the streets and we followed. It was a tense period, kids weren’t going to school and people weren’t going to work. This wasn’t caused, as you would think, by the fear that the protesters could do something against them but out of the fear that while attacking the protesters, the police could do something to them too.
In every single protest, especially if they take place in Caracas, Venezuela’s capital, or in Táchira, the strongest opposition state, university students, who happen to be the great majority of those present, not only get teargassed but buckshots and unnecessarily brutal beatings. But sometimes, students don’t get to come back home just hurt, sometimes they don’t get to come home at all, either because they are “Missing” or they were arrested, and once in a while because they were killed. Around 43 students were murdered while protesting on 2014. Worst part? The Government uses them as a propaganda to blame the opposition for that, the opposition that they died for.
Ever since February 2014, protests have been intermittent and a couple of days ago they flared up again, after the strike of The Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) to the opposition majority National Assembly. Until yesterday, we got the usual: gas and shots. But last night, the whole country had to mourn another lost life, another fallen hero: A 19-year-old, Jairo Ortiz, was shot in the chest by the GNBs (The National Guard of Venezuela). This took place on Montaña Alta, Miranda.
It was reported on twitter that there was shooting in the area around 8:24pm. 1 hour later, it was announced that the teenager entered with no vital signs to the clinic.
1. Disturbios en #Montañalta #ColinasDeCarrizal #Miranda la GNB está disparándole a manifestantes.
— Yessyka Reyes (@Yeyealej) April 7, 2017
5.Me informan que el muchacho que fue herido en #montañalta entró sin signos vitales a la clínica. Recibió un impacto en el corazón. No se
— Yessyka Reyes (@Yeyealej) April 7, 2017
This is getting out of hand, the police that is supposed to protect us are not only attacking us because they were told too, now they even attack us because they want to. Yesterday a young man was attacked wildly and even robbed by a group of GNBs. This is not the only case of this type that has happened. You don’t need to be Venezuelan to feel rage over this video. It has to stop:
This is how you can help: SPREAD THE INFORMATION, MAKE THE MEDIA FIND OUT. Venezuela has been under a complete media censorship for a couple of years, NOTHING regarding the protests is transmitted to the Nation and it doesn’t get a lot of attention internationally either. Don’t let the blood bath happen while you’re watching. #SOSVENEZUELA
