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In reply to the discussion: José Luis Ponce RIP [View all]

joshcryer

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4. "could not establish in interviews with neighbors whether the killing was politically motivated"
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 06:18 PM
Apr 2013
Officials said one death involved a man in the capital's Baruta district supposedly shot by opposition supporters in front of a Cuban-run health clinic when he and others where chanting pro-Maduro slogans. The AP visited the scene and could not establish in interviews with neighbors whether the killing was politically motivated.

It did determine, however, that 45-year-old Jose Luis Ponce, a carpenter, was not killed near the clinic. The government later corrected its version to reflect that.


http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2013-04-17/each-side-blames-the-other-for-venezuela-violence#p2


I wonder if he assaulted someone earlier that night, Catherina? Not that that would justify his murder, of course.

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