Four Police Officers Arrested in Venezuela for Stealing Money Found in the Rubble
Officials said the four crime-scene police officers were removed from their jobs and will be investigated for allegedly taking cash and other assets from rubble.
- On Tuesday, Venezuela's Interior Ministry detained four CICPC crime-scene police officers after videos and witnesses showed them allegedly taking cash and valuables from earthquake rubble in La Guaira.
- Back-to-Back earthquakes devastated Venezuela on June 24, causing an estimated $6.7 billion in damage and marking the country's strongest tremors in a century.
- Some Venezuelans shared videos on social media showing security officials taking clothes, appliances, and cash from the debris, while one government employee in La Guaira reported witnessing police and military personnel commandeer aid from three trucks.
- Senior government officials dismissed reports of military looting, urging the public to ignore "manipulation strategies on social networks," while the Interior Ministry placed the detained officers under administrative investigation and handed them to prosecutors for corruption charges.
- President Delcy Rodriguez is attempting to consolidate power following Nicolas Maduro's ouster in January, but the looting scandal threatens her administration's stability as public anger deepens over aid distribution and security force conduct.
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Venezuelan Police Officers Arrested for Stealing After Deadly Earthquakes : The Tico Times | Costa Rica News
Four Venezuelan investigative police officers have been arrested and removed from their posts after allegedly stealing money found among the rubble in La Guaira, the state hardest hit by last week’s devastating double earthquake. The officers belonged to the Cuerpo de Investigaciones Científicas, Penales y Criminalísticas, known as the CICPC. Venezuelan media identified them as Maya Aguilar Reyes, Fredy Rafael Lugo Oliveros, Roger Andrés Omaña a…
A scandal of proportions broke out in Venezuela, after four policemen were caught in images that became viral while they held money and other values among the ruins of buildings destroyed by the devastating earthquakes that struck the country.
On Wednesday, the Ministry of Justice released a video of one of the officers handing over his weapon and taking off his uniform, as well as the photos of the four policemen involved.
Four Venezuelan policemen were arrested and risk being dismissed after being accused of stealing money from the ruins of a building that collapsed during last week's devastating double earthquakes, reports The Guardian.
Four Venezuelan police officers were arrested for stealing in the area affected by the double earthquake in Venezuela, the Ministry of Justice announced on social networks, after images of uniformed people caught in bags by angry inhabitants went viral.
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