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'Tortured' Venezuela captain buried without wife's consent
Source: BBC
'Tortured' Venezuela captain buried without wife's consent
11 July 2019
The body of a Venezuelan navy captain who died in custody on 27 June has been buried by government officials without his family's consent, his wife says.
Members of the Venezuelan security forces interred Capt Rafael Acosta's body in a Caracas cemetery.
Capt Acosta's lawyer said he died as a result of torture, and a leaked post-mortem report suggested he had been beaten and electrocuted.
He was being held over an alleged plot to kill President Nicolás Maduro.
What did Capt Acosta's wife say?
In a video message published on Twitter, Ms Pérez denounced "the illegal process" by which the morgue in the capital, Caracas, had handed over her husband's body to the security forces for burial without her permission.
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11 July 2019
The body of a Venezuelan navy captain who died in custody on 27 June has been buried by government officials without his family's consent, his wife says.
Members of the Venezuelan security forces interred Capt Rafael Acosta's body in a Caracas cemetery.
Capt Acosta's lawyer said he died as a result of torture, and a leaked post-mortem report suggested he had been beaten and electrocuted.
He was being held over an alleged plot to kill President Nicolás Maduro.
What did Capt Acosta's wife say?
In a video message published on Twitter, Ms Pérez denounced "the illegal process" by which the morgue in the capital, Caracas, had handed over her husband's body to the security forces for burial without her permission.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-48949723
Navy captain Rafael Acosta died while he was being held in military custody
