Suspect in Venezuela Prosecutor Case Dies

[CottonBear]

Tuesday November 23, 2004 6:46 PM
FABIOLA SANCHEZ
Associated Press Writer

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - A suspect in the slaying of a top Venezuelan prosecutor last week was killed Tuesday in a shootout with police, an official said.

The suspect, a lawyer named Antonio Lopez, was in his car when he was approached by police, police chief Henry Zerpa said. Lopez tried to escape and opened fire at police, who fired back, he said.

Two policemen were wounded in the shootout in central Caracas, Zerpa said.

Lopez had been sought in an investigation into the killing of prosecutor Danilo Anderson, who died in an explosion that ripped through his SUV Thursday night. The government has said the assassination may have been aimed at derailing Anderson's prosecution of supporters of a 2002 coup attempt against President Hugo Chavez.

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[el_gato]

1. Not just one suspect but rather an entire class of suspects

IMHO kinda like why they took out Oswald

[Tempest]

2. He wasn't the only suspect

Prosecutor General Isaias Rodriguez, meanwhile, told reporters that authorities found an SUV believed to have been used by Anderson's attackers on the night of the explosion. Police are investigating the vehicle's owner, he said, without identifying him.

Because of the use of C4 military explosive and a wireless device to trigger the bomb, police suspected that the people behind the incident were not common criminals, but explosives experts.

Interior Minister Jesse Chacon said police were searching for a policeman who had worked on cases with explosives before and were tracing calls to Anderson's phone in search of clues.


So there's a good chance the anti-Chavez faction of the military or police was involved.

[yellowcanine]

3. How convenient. Was his name Oswald, by any chance?