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Latin America

Bacchus4.0

(6,837 posts) Wed Oct 16, 2013, 08:38 AM Oct 2013

Armed chavista associated paramilitary groups known as "colectivos", took over the hospital and demanded immediate treatment of some of their members injured in a shoot out. The group did this two times over the weekend. On the second occassion, shots were fired inside the hospital and the medics fled.

http://www.eluniversal.com/caracas/131014/dos-colectivos-encapuchados-armados-tomaron-el-vargas-el-fin-de-semana

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Armed collective groups take over hospital in Vargas (Spanish) (Original Post) Bacchus4.0 Oct 2013 OP

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1. Hospital suspends operations, including emergencies, until the security situation is resolved

Wed Oct 16, 2013, 08:42 AM

Oct 2013

http://www.eluniversal.com/caracas/131015/medicos-amenazados-por-colectivos

Hospital is asking the National Guard and National police to intervene.