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Aragua state police officers harass family reporting police abuse in Venezuela
The Committee of the Relatives of the Victims of February-March 1989 (Cofavic), Aragua state Commission of Justice and Peace Human Rights, and the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) filed a complaint on the incident
Published in: ElUniversal.com - September 19, 2013
Once again, the Barrios family, 10 members of which have been killed by alleged Aragua state police officers, have been victims of new threats and harassment. On September 13, agents of the Scientific, Criminal and Forensic Investigation Police Agency (Cicpc) broke into the residence of Lilia Ysabel Solórzano Barrios without a warrant, and threatened to kill Víctor Daniel Cabrera Barrios.
Víctor Daniel Cabrera Barrios is the son of Eloisa Barrios, who has been denouncing before national and international bodies, the death threats and killings of several members of her family at the hands of police officers.
The Committee of the Relatives of the Victims of February-March 1989 (Cofavic), Aragua state Commission of Justice and Peace Human Rights, and the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) filed the complaint concerning this incident.
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