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(CNN Spanish) - According to a report published Wednesday by the NGO Human Rights Watch, the Special Actions Forces (FAES) of the Venezuelan police committed extrajudicial executions and arbitrary detentions in low-income communities “that stopped supporting the government of Nicolás Mature".
"In the midst of an economic and humanitarian crisis that most severely affects those who have less, the Venezuelan authorities commit aberrant abuses in low-income communities that have stopped supporting the Maduro regime," the press release quoted José Miguel Vivanco as saying. , director for the Americas of Human Rights Watch.
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“In a country where the justice system is used to prosecute opponents instead of investigating crimes, Venezuelan security forces are doing justice on their own, killing and arbitrarily detaining those who accuse them of committing crimes, without showing any evidence,” he added.
According to HRW, since 2016, almost 18,000 people would have died at the hands of security forces in situations of alleged "resistance to authority." A report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, which includes figures from the Venezuelan government, indicates that 5287 deaths were recorded in the course of these operations. While between January 1 and May 19 this year, another 1569 people were killed, also based on government figures.
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On September 9, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, had denounced that her office did not receive information on measures to implement the recommendation of her initial report on the dissolution of FAES and prevent the possible commission of executions extrajudicial Bachelet, noted that "the FAES have received support at the highest level of the Government."
The president of the National Constituent Assembly (ANC), Diosdado Cabello, reacted at that time saying that his Government "will not be blackmailed" with the report presented by Bachelet.
"It will not take away our sleep, we will not be blackmailed," he said.
CNN has tried to seek reactions from the Venezuelan government on this report but has not responded to our request
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