Paramedic Injured by Violent Groups, Petrol Services Suspended in One Venezuelan Region after Attack
Paramedic Injured by Violent Groups, Petrol Services Suspended in One Venezuelan Region after Attacks
By Tamara Pearson
Merida, 16th April 2014 (Venezuelanalysis.com) A motorbike paramedic almost died on Monday as a result of nylon placed at the exit to a tunnel in Caracas, while an attack on a PDVSA oil tanker in Carabobo has seen the company cancel its services in the area.
Paramedic Wilbany Leon works for a transport ministry brigade to re-establish roads and provide emergency attention. He was attending to the El Paraiso tunnel when he said he was attacked by violent groups and the nylon cut his neck, but did not cause serious harm.
On 21 February this year Elvis Duran died when his throat was cut in Miranda state. He had driven his motorbike through a blockade with wire placed across it.
Leon said that he feels pain when eating or swallowing. He said that while working, using a motorbike identified with the transport ministry, he was recognised by the violent groups, who attacked him and tried to stop him passing. He said the groups were part of a mobile guarimba (violent disturbances and blockades) where cars would stop on the road and pour oil on the asphalt.
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