Caracas, the Venezuelan capital, is the world’s most murderous city, according to a study by a Mexican NGO.
A death squad in rural Venezuela gunned down 11 people in cold blood at dawn Saturday in an ongoing gang dispute.
Victims were told to get out of their three respective houses in a town in the Trujillo state, and were then executed. The killers used a combination of shotguns and handguns to murder their targets.
Three of the victims were minors, and one victim was from Colombia. The killings are reportedly retribution for an ongoing feud between rival gangs “Cagón” and “Los Cáscaras.” The gangs’ names respectively translate to “Frightened” and “The Fruit Peels.”
The “Frightened” gang likely committed these murders to avenge the death of one of their gangsters who was allegedly killed by “The Fruit Peels.” The gangsters quickly left the scene of the crime once the deed was done, and are still at large.
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