Human Rights Watch : Venezuela: Security Force Abuses at Colombia Border

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Venezuela: Security Force Abuses at Colombia Border

Extrajudicial Executions, Arbitrary Arrests, Torture in Anti-Guerrilla Operation

Monday 26 April 2021

(Washington, D.C., April 26, 2021) – Venezuelan security forces have committed egregious abuses against local residents during a weeks-long operation against armed groups on the border with Colombia, Human Rights Watch said today. Venezuelan security forces opened the offensive in Apure state on March 21, 2021, with the alleged purpose of combatting armed groups in Venezuela. The operation led to the execution of at least four peasants, arbitrary arrests, the prosecution of civilians in military courts, and torture of residents accused of collaborating with armed groups. The abuses follow a pattern similar to that of systematic abuses that have led to international inquiries into possible crimes against humanity in the country