A member of the criminal organization El Caracas died while handling a grenade on a street in the Armada Bolivariana neighborhood, Venancio Pulgar parish, Maracaibo, Zulia state, according to police sources.
The deceased man has not yet been identified, but residents of the sector told police agencies that he was a member of the El Caracas gang, a criminal group founded by José Antonio Márquez Morales. Upon hearing the explosion, residents of the block went out into the street and surrounded the subject already lying on the pavement. They recorded videos of the damage caused to the body of the man who was still dying and who later died.
The explosive device He dismembered the subject’s right hand, as seen in the images. The members of the band El Caracas usually throw grenades and tear gas to commercial premises to intimidate their owners.
Cicpc agents went to the site, lifted the body and began the regulatory investigations.
