Venezuela: Death threats / fear for safety / possible extrajudicial execution

Index Number: AMR 53/008/1999
Date Published: 26 July 1999
Categories: Americas, Venezuela

On 14 June 1999 John Alejandro Linares Peña was allegedly extrajudicially executed by members of the Policía Metropolitana (Metropolitan Police) in Caracas. Amnesty International fears for the safety of his family and friends, Andrés Eloy Linares Peña, Adriana Linares Peña (f), 13, Omar León Hernández and six unidentified neighbours who have received death threats from the Metropolitan Police.