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Judi Lynn

(161,098 posts)
7. The BBC News service also mentions the decapitations, incidently:
Tue Aug 11, 2015, 01:35 PM
Aug 2015

Last edited Fri Nov 27, 2015, 12:48 AM - Edit history (1)

What lies behind the protests in Venezuela?
27 March 2014

. . .Students were the first to protest, but they were soon joined by hardliners from within the umbrella opposition group Table for Democratic Unity (MUD). Leopoldo Lopez, a former mayor and political maverick, and Maria Corina Machado, an MP, are the main political figures in the movement.

. . .

Both protesters and members of the security forces have died in the violence which has marred some of the protests.

The opposition has accused pro-government motorcycle gangs, as well as the security forces, of shooting live rounds into opposition crowds.

The government says "fascists" are behind the violence, instigating riots and encouraging people to erect barricades. A number of motorcyclists have been decapitated by barbed wire strung across residential streets to hinder the security forces.

More:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-26335287

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