Two Arrested in Venezuela Lawmaker's Murder

[Judi Lynn]

Two Arrested in Venezuela Lawmaker's Murder
World | Agence France-Presse | Updated: October 12, 2014 22:53 IST

Two men have been arrested in Venezuela for the murder of a ruling party lawmaker and his assistant, a high-profile crime with political overtones, the country's supreme court said Sunday.

In a statement, the high court identified the suspects as Eduwin Torres and Carlos Garcia, but gave no other details about them.

Local news reports said Torres was a police officer and Garcia a bodyguard of slain lawmaker Robert Serra, who was found stabbed to death on October 2 at his home with his assistant Maria Herrera.

The court said the two men are accused of "the alleged commission of the crimes of aggravated homicide, conspiracy and other crimes."

If found guilty, they face up to 30 years in prison.

President Nicolas Maduro hinted a day after the murders that they were politically motivated, and his interior minister called it "an intentional act of homicide, planned and carried out with great precision."

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[Fred Sanders]

1. Robert Sierra was a rising star, the Latino Obama, and so he was removed...criminal acts against

those who charismatically speak for workers rights and fair pay and an end to corruption.

[Judi Lynn]

2. Who benefited from the assassination? Only the right-wing dirtbags, for sure.

As soon as it was accomplished, right-wing trolls lurched off to start spreading hate drool about him to get him degraded among those who didn't know who he was, originally, but would learn of it through news of the assassination.

Surprising, as always, how the trolls leap forward to attack each and every leftist whom their heroes manage to deprive of his/her life, to try to lessen the effect of public sympathy for the victim.