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  • Venezuela Beauty Queen Killed During Protests

    It was in her name. Genesis Carmona.

    A new beginning.

    A promising start.

    The 22-year-old was a college student studying marketing and a locally famous beauty queen in her home state of Carabobo, Venezuela. She had looks, brains, and a world of promise.

    Then with a cowardly sniper’s bullet, it was all gone, and Carmona’s short life was over.

    Having been shot on February 18th, Carmona becomes the latest of several people who have been killed so far amid violent clashes occurring in Venezuela. The ongoing protests are a challenge to almost a decade and a half of a socialist government rule. Much of the anger has arisen over astronomical inflation, shortage of goods, and government corruption. Protesters are demanding the resignation of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

    The animosity within the troubled nation became even more intense following the arrest of opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez. The 42-year-old former mayor has been accused by Maduro of attempting a coup. He could be charged with homicide and causing grievous bodily harm. Lopez surrendered to authorities amid thousands of cheering supporters.

    This matter is a world away from the grieving friends and family of Genesis Carmona. It is not known what Carmona was doing prior to being caught up in the turmoil on Tuesday. It is known that without warning, a sniper shot Carmona in the head. She was described as immediately “slumping to the ground”. In a desperate attempt to save her life, Carmona was rushed to a hospital via motorcycle.

    The effort would prove to be in vain as she would be pronounced dead the next day.

    Carmona’s death is not merely tragic because she was beautiful in a country that prizes beauty queens.

    It’s also terrible that perhaps this poor young woman, by her promise and by her very name, represented a new, hopeful beginning for citizens of Venezuela. Rather than hopeful beginnings, it may be a signal of the downward spiral facing the deeply divided nation as the struggle to control the fate of Venezuela continues.

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  • Miss Venezuela Murdered During Highway Robbery

    Former Miss Venezuela Monica Spear was tragically murdered during what police officers are calling a botched robbery. Monica, her husband Thomas Henry Berry, and their 5 year old daughter were on a vacation in Venezuela. While driving, their vehicle hit an object in the road. The couple pulled over to check their car and called a tow truck driver.

    As the tow truck arrived, several armed men approached the vehicle and began to fire shots at it. The tow truck driver was able to get away and call for help but Monica and her family were shot several times as the attackers fired several rounds at the vehicle. Monica and her husband were killed in the attack and their daughter was shot in the leg but survived.

    Venezuela has been the location of many violent attacks and robberies and many people are not surprised at the attack. Street crime has gotten out of control in the area and it has one of the world’s highest murder rates, with 79 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in 2013, according to the non-profit Venezuelan Observatory of Violence.

    President Nicolas Maduro has vowed to punish the murderers saying, “No one can stand by with arms crossed; murders, and violent crime, and the massacre of this young Venezuelan woman and her husband is a blow to all of us.” “We all have to take responsibility; and I take mine.”

    Friends, family members, and fans of Monica mourned the loss of her and her husband and many gathered to protest the crime. Five people have been detained and were interrogated in connection with the killings.

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