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Venezuela judge shot dead, prosecutor says democracy dying
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS | Thu Jun 1, 2017 | 5:32pm EDT
Venezuela judge shot dead, prosecutor says democracy dying
By Andreina Aponte and Andrew Cawthorne | CARACAS
Gunmen killed a judge involved in the sentencing of Venezuela's best-known jailed political leader Leopoldo Lopez in the latest fatality of two months of anti-government unrest that has killed at least 61 people, authorities said on Thursday.
And in a blistering attack on President Nicolas Maduro's socialist government, the chief state prosecutor said his plan to create a new congress threatened to "eliminate" democracy.
The judge, 37-year-old Nelson Moncada was shot and stripped of his belongings as he tried to get away from a street barricade on Wednesday night in Caracas' El Paraiso district, the scene of regular clashes, the prosecutor's office said.
This week has seen widespread violence around the Venezuelan capital, with security forces repeatedly breaking up marches by opposition supporters toward government offices downtown, and skirmishes continuing into the night.
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Venezuela judge shot dead, prosecutor says democracy dying
By Andreina Aponte and Andrew Cawthorne | CARACAS
Gunmen killed a judge involved in the sentencing of Venezuela's best-known jailed political leader Leopoldo Lopez in the latest fatality of two months of anti-government unrest that has killed at least 61 people, authorities said on Thursday.
And in a blistering attack on President Nicolas Maduro's socialist government, the chief state prosecutor said his plan to create a new congress threatened to "eliminate" democracy.
The judge, 37-year-old Nelson Moncada was shot and stripped of his belongings as he tried to get away from a street barricade on Wednesday night in Caracas' El Paraiso district, the scene of regular clashes, the prosecutor's office said.
This week has seen widespread violence around the Venezuelan capital, with security forces repeatedly breaking up marches by opposition supporters toward government offices downtown, and skirmishes continuing into the night.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-idUSKBN18S5O4
