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Judi Lynn

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Sat Mar 19, 2016, 06:24 PM Mar 2016

Venezuela gov't says miners' massacre due to disputes among paramilitaries

Venezuela gov't says miners' massacre due to disputes among paramilitaries

Published March 19, 2016/
EFE

Venezuela's Interior Minister Gustavo Gonzalez Lopez said that the massacre of a number of miners in the southeastern town of Tumeremo was sparked by disputes among paramilitary units attempting to exercise political and economic control over the mining region.

"The collection of criminal evidence allows us to associate the people responsible for the murders with paramilitary-style attacks, aimed at taking economic and political control of the mining region," Gonzalez said in reporting the results of security forces' investigations into the mass murder since last March 4, when the miners were first reported missing.

Venezuelan Attorney General Luisa Ortega said the 17 missing miners' bodies were discovered last Monday in a common grave.

Interior Minister Gonzalez also announced the capture Friday of Francisco David Carache Zambrano, alias "Goliat," one of the operators closest to the mafia headed by Ecuador's Jamilton Andres Ulloa Suarez, alias "El Topo," whom the authorities identify as leader of the group that killed the miners.

More:
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2016/03/19/venezuela-govt-says-miners-massacre-due-to-disputes-among-paramilitaries/

This article, reprinted by Fox "News" was published by Spain's E.F.E.

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Venezuela gov't says miners' massacre due to disputes among paramilitaries (Original Post) Judi Lynn Mar 2016 OP
Waiting to see how they try to connect this "paramilitary" with the US/CIA/Opposition/Uribe n/t Marksman_91 Mar 2016 #1
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