Paramilitary groups on motorcycles move to enforce crackdown in Venezuela
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Key Points:
- Following Nicolás Maduro’s capture by U.S. forces, paramilitary groups known as colectivos, allied with Maduro’s regime, have intensified efforts to suppress dissent through armed searches and checkpoints targeting supporters of Maduro’s removal.
- Fourteen journalists were briefly detained during the induction of Vice President Delcy Rodríguez as interim leader, and residents report fear of armed forces seizing phones to identify dissenters, highlighting increased repression.
- Diosdado Cabello, a close Maduro ally and head of the Interior Ministry, controls the colectivos and is leading a crackdown on opposition, with a U.S. bounty on him for corruption and drug trafficking; he is described as the regime’s most violent and unpredictable figure.
- A government state of emergency decree mandates the capture of anyone
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