Who are the dead of the Maduro dictatorship?

SAN LUIS POTOSÍ, Mexico.- The number of deceased in Venezuela The protests that began on July 29 in rejection of Nicolás Maduro and his electoral fraud have now reached 13, amid the impunity of the repressors who have not hesitated to use violence to silence the people.

The figure was confirmed by the platform Victim Monitor, who has shared the names and ages of the deceased victims. Also the director of the NGO Criminal ForumAlfredo Romero, detailed in a press conference that among the dead there are minors.

• Alejandro Graterol, 18, was shot in the neck while protesting in Yaracuy.
• Isaías Fuenmayor, 15, was shot in the neck in San Francisco, in the state of Zulia.
• Julio Valerio García, 40, was wounded in the neck by a mortar explosion in the state of Táchira.
• Jesús Tovar, 21, was shot in the leg with a pistol in the state of Aragua.
• Olinger Montaño, 23, was shot in the back in the Capital District.
• Antoni Cañizález, 19, was also shot in the back in the Capital District.
• Jeison Javier Bracho, 22, was shot in the head in Caracas.
• Rances Izarra, 30, was shot in the chest in the state of Aragua.
• Carlos Porras, 26, was shot in the chest in the state of Miranda.
• Jesús Medina, 56, was shot in the neck in the state of Aragua.
• Gustavo Rojas, 29, from Zulia state, died from gunshot wounds to the neck.
• José Antonio Torrent, from Aragua, was shot in the neck.
• Anthony David Moya, 20, was also shot in Aragua state.

State security forces and armed groups The so-called colectivos have repressed the demonstrations with extreme violence. Of the 13 deaths, four have been attributed to these colectivos, who, according to various reports, act with impunity and under the protection of the Chavista regime.

The Penal Forum indicated that, so far, there have been around 177 arrests, the majority in Caracas, with 38; followed by the state of Barinas (west), with 27; and Zulia, with 19. The members of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB, militarized police) and agents of the Bolivarian National Police (PNB), in addition to “armed groups linked to the State,” generated “a wave of repression,” according to the NGO.

The cities most affected by violence have been Caracas, Maracaibo and Valencia, where the most incidents have been recorded.

In these demonstrations, a symbolic act has gained relevance: the destruction of statues of the late former president Hugo Chávez in the states of Falcon, Guarico, Vargas, Carabobo and Aragua.

In addition to statues of Chavez, protesters have destroyed and burned images of Nicolas Maduro, reiterating their opposition to the election result and the permanence of Chavismo in power.

On Tuesday night, the Carter Center, which acted as an observer in the Venezuelan presidential elections on Sunday, declared that the votes did not meet international standards of electoral integrity and therefore “cannot be considered democratic.”