Venezuela: Family at risk after killing

Index Number: AMR 53/007/2009
Date Published: 15 December 2009
Categories: Venezuela

The lives of Oscar Barrios' family are in danger. He and his family have been subjected to a campaign of intimidation from police officers in northern Venezuela since 2003. Oscar Barrios was killed on 28 October 2009, and his killing follows that of three other male members of the Barrios family.