Barquisimeto shooting | |
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Part of the Venezuelan presidential crisis | |
Location | Juan de Villegas parish, Barquisimeto, Lara state, Venezuela |
Date | 29 February 2020 |
Weapons | Firearms |
Deaths | 0 |
Injured | 10 |
Perpetrators | Colectivos |
The 2020 Barquisimeto shooting occurred on 29 February 2020, when pro-government colectivos shot at the Speaker of the National Assembly of Venezuela Juan Guaidó and his supporters in Barquisimeto, Lara state during a demonstration, leaving ten injured. [1] [2]
A power struggle concerning who is the legitimate President of Venezuela began on 10 January 2019, when the opposition-majority National Assembly declared that incumbent Nicolás Maduro's 2018 re-election was invalid; that the office of the President of Venezuela was therefore vacant; and declared its president, Juan Guaidó, to be acting president of the nation. As of February 2020, Guaidó had been recognized as the interim president of Venezuela by 54 countries, [3] including the United States and most nations of Latin America and Europe. [4]
On 29 February Juan Guaidó mobilized a march against the government of Nicolás Maduro in the Juan de Villegas parish, Barquisimeto, Lara state. Guaidó was in a van at the time of the shooting, which was fired upon by pro-government colectivos. Bolivarian National Intelligence Service agents were also reported of having participated in the attack. [1] The shooting left a total of ten wounded, including a 16-year-old boy. [5][ non-primary source needed] Guaidó's vehicle received nine gunshots. [1]
According to opposition deputy Alfonso Marquina , in addition to the wounded, one person was kidnapped. [6]
The European Union, Spain, and the Organization of American States condemned the attack against the demonstration. [1]
Barquisimeto shooting | |
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Part of the Venezuelan presidential crisis | |
Location | Juan de Villegas parish, Barquisimeto, Lara state, Venezuela |
Date | 29 February 2020 |
Weapons | Firearms |
Deaths | 0 |
Injured | 10 |
Perpetrators | Colectivos |
The 2020 Barquisimeto shooting occurred on 29 February 2020, when pro-government colectivos shot at the Speaker of the National Assembly of Venezuela Juan Guaidó and his supporters in Barquisimeto, Lara state during a demonstration, leaving ten injured. [1] [2]
A power struggle concerning who is the legitimate President of Venezuela began on 10 January 2019, when the opposition-majority National Assembly declared that incumbent Nicolás Maduro's 2018 re-election was invalid; that the office of the President of Venezuela was therefore vacant; and declared its president, Juan Guaidó, to be acting president of the nation. As of February 2020, Guaidó had been recognized as the interim president of Venezuela by 54 countries, [3] including the United States and most nations of Latin America and Europe. [4]
On 29 February Juan Guaidó mobilized a march against the government of Nicolás Maduro in the Juan de Villegas parish, Barquisimeto, Lara state. Guaidó was in a van at the time of the shooting, which was fired upon by pro-government colectivos. Bolivarian National Intelligence Service agents were also reported of having participated in the attack. [1] The shooting left a total of ten wounded, including a 16-year-old boy. [5][ non-primary source needed] Guaidó's vehicle received nine gunshots. [1]
According to opposition deputy Alfonso Marquina , in addition to the wounded, one person was kidnapped. [6]
The European Union, Spain, and the Organization of American States condemned the attack against the demonstration. [1]