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Venezuelan President Rómulo Betancourt is injured in an assassination attempt.
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President of Venezuela, 1945–48 and 1959–64
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Attempted assassination of Rómulo Betancourt
Assassination attempt in Venezuela
On 24 June 1960 there was an assassination attempt against Venezuelan President Rómulo Betancourt, ordered by the Dominican dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)