HR advocate: 4,500 people killed in Venezuela under Nicolás Maduro [View all]

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http://www.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/130323/hr-advocate-4500-people-killed-in-venezuela-under-nicolas-maduro

Lawyer and human rights advocate Alfredo Romero underscored that some 4,500 people have been killed in the first 100 days of acting President Nicolás Maduro's government. Romero added that this has been the result of inefficiency and anarchy stemming from the Venezuelan government's lack of political will to cope with crime, one of the main problems Venezuelans are facing.

"Twenty security plans have been implemented, yet violent crime continues escalating. This will go on as long as anarchy prevails in the legal system, and hatred and death are encouraged," Romero outlined. He warned that people should no longer be cheated with failed security plans.

According to the United Nations Report on Human Development and Violence, Venezuela is in the top-five list of violent countries in the world.

"We all have in Venezuela one friend or a relative who has been a victim of a robbery or an assault, even ourselves. If we wonder who has not been a victim of violence, 100% of the population will say it has. It is also common to hear that nobody trusts in the legal system today. This is because we are living on the foundations of anarchy," Romero remarked in a press release.