As Maduro tightens his grip on Venezuela, an insurgency stirs
by Ioan Grillo
Aug 12, 2017
2 minutes
BEFORE DAWN BROKE IN VENEZUELA’S colonial city of Valencia on Aug. 6, a convoy of SUVs pulled up to a nearby army base and a gaggle of men in green fatigues stormed out, clutching rifles. After a bloody exchange of gunfire, a number of men escaped with grenade launchers and 93 Kalashnikovs. While military helicopters searched in vain for the assailants, a video swept the Internet showing a former army
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