Venezuela says investigating alleged killing of miners
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-miners-idUSKCN0W813J
Venezuelan authorities said on Sunday they were investigating the alleged killings of a group of miners in the jungle state of Bolivar, following reports they were gruesomely murdered in a fight for control of a gold deposit.
Citing people who reported witnessing the incident, family members and opposition politicians said a gang shot and dismembered with a chainsaw as many as 28 miners on Friday in a battle for the Atenas wildcat mine.
Families have blocked a main street in the nearby town of Tumeremo to seek information about the missing miners.
One man said his son and a friend were nearing the deposit on a motorbike when they were stopped at a checkpoint where he said gang members and men in security forces' uniforms were holding miners captive.