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Venezuela to charge soldiers over 12 deaths in security operation
http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-venezuela-crime-idUKKBN13M0Z6Venezuela's state prosecutor said on Sunday it would charge 11 members of the military for responsibility in the death of 12 civilians following a security raid last month in the violent country's coastal state of Miranda.
Leftist President Nicolas Maduro last year launched a security campaign known as "Operation to Free the People," or "OLP" to fight crime and gangs in Venezuela, which has one of the world's highest murder rates.
Rights groups and residents say authorities have murdered innocent people, arrested thousands, and destroyed private property without legally-mandated court orders.
In the Miranda case, 12 bodies were discovered between Friday and Saturday in a mountainous area of the state, the state prosecutor's office said in a statement.