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Home » Food Riots Shut Down Venezuelan City as Police Join Rampage

Food Riots Shut Down Venezuelan City as Police Join Rampage

Sabrina Martín by Sabrina Martín
June 15, 2016
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“El Cumanazo”: The city of Cumaná awoke ravaged this Wednesday June 15. Robberies were so widespread that over 100 stores decided not to open their doors following the previous day's riots.
“El Cumanazo” was trending on Twitter after the city of Cumaná awoke to massive destruction this week.(Maduradas)

EspañolThis Tuesday, June 14, Venezuela witnessed an outburst of violence in the country’s eastern city of Cumaná that involved looting, riots, protests and hundreds of destroyed stores. Venezuelans, responding to food scarcity, were seeking to survive amid the lowest wages on the continent and the highest inflation in the world.

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Cumaná, capital of the state of Sucre, is a small beach city struggling to deal with the humanitarian crisis caused by Nicolás Maduro’s regime.

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Así fue el aaqueo en Cumaná, Zona Industrial de Fe y Alegría el #14Jun dejando El Cumanazo 400 detenidos. pic.twitter.com/1xBZU4Lby8

— Jhorman Cruz (@Jhormancruz1) June 15, 2016

 This is the looting in Cumaná’s Industrial Zone of Fe y Alegría on June 14, leaving 400 detained.  

“El Cumanazo” is trending on Twitter, as the city awoke nearly destroyed Wednesday, June 15.  There were so many robberies that approximatley 100 stores were not able to open their doors.

Security forces and Venezuelans faced off on the streets during further protests that included the chant “Hay hambre, queremos comida” (There is hunger, we want food). Social media caught police taking part in the robberies.

¡LOS PILLARON CON LAS MANOS EN LA MASA! Policías de Cumaná saqueando en medio de los disturbios tras El Cumanazo pic.twitter.com/515HoEOIWa

— Jhorman Cruz (@Jhormancruz1) June 15, 2016

CAUGHT RED HANDED! Cumaná police looting in the midst of riots after El Cumanazo.

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Venezuelans on the streets. (PanAm Post)

Members of the Bolivarian National Guard and the regional and municipal police shot into the air to disperse crowds. People retreated and then returned for more goods later until military reinforcements were sent from the neighboring state of Anzoátegui.

Overall, two people died in the event.

The death of Carlos Colón Castañeda was confirmed in the midst of the protest. He had been watching the looting when he was reportedly killed by a passing motorcycle, suffering contusions to the chest. Twenty-five people were reportedly wounded and 400 people arrested.

Overnight, Cumaná’s mayor David Velazquez forbade the circulation of private motorcycles in the city for 72 hours.

More cities “on fire”

The delay on the arrival of food to be distributed by the government motivated the inhabitants of the state of Trujillo west of the country to protest for the second consecutive day. On Monday, protesters looted the Mercal supply center.

Inhabitants of different communities blocked the roads as a way to protest food scarcity that had prevented them from getting enough food for the last two months.

In the state of Mérida, also in the Venezuelan Andes west of the country, protests for food scarcity resulted in the death of a 17-year-old, according to deputy Arquímedes Fajardo of the Committee of Independent Electoral Political Organizations.

The state of Miranda in the Central Region of the country awoke Wednesday to the same kind of protests. Venezuelans demand food while chanting that they were hunger, blocking roads with a bus and attracting members of the Bolivarian National Guard.

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Sabrina Martín

Sabrina Martín

Sabrina Martín is a Venezuelan journalist, commentator, and editor based in Valencia with experience in corporate communication.

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