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Twenty-three people are killed in what is described as a police ″massacre″ in La Vega, Caracas, Venezuela.

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La Vega raid

2021 police raid on the gang controlling La Vega Parish, Caracas, Venezuela

The La Vega raid was a police raid that occurred on 8 January 2021 in La Vega Parish, Caracas, Venezuela. The objective of the raid was to take control of La Vega Parish, which was controlled by a criminal organization, led by Leonardo José Polanco Angulo; he was a drug lord,…
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La Vega Parish

Parish in Distrito Capital, Venezuela

La Vega is a parish located in the Libertador Bolivarian Municipality, central of the city of Caracas, Venezuela. Is one of the 22 parishes of Libertador Municipality and one of the 32 parishes of Caracas.
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Caracas

Capital and largest city of Venezuela

Caracas, officially Santiago de León de Caracas (CCS), is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas. Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the northern part of the country, within the Caracas Valley of the Venezuelan…
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January 8

Day of the year

January 8 is the eighth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 357 days remain until the end of the year.
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