The president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, ordered this Wednesday the creation of a detailed report on the actions that Venezuelan justice is taking in the case of the 370 peasants killed by landowners.
The Venezuelan head of state instructed the minister for Interior Relations, Justice and Peace, Néstor Reverol; in the creation of this report, which should be prepared as soon as possible.
“I need a report, coordinated with Braulio Álvarez, and the entire peasant movement, on the situation of justice in the case of these 370 martyrs, who have been assassinated by landowners, by murderers, and assassins. We need to do justice. I need a detailed report on how the investigation processes are going, on how the justice processes are going”, said the National President during a videoconference with the peasant sector.
From Miraflores Palace in Caracas, the Venezuelan president requested, in addition, that in the face of criminal actions, the capacities for the defense of the homeland peasants be strengthened.
“We have to reinforce all the defense, protection and reaction capacity measures of the Venezuelan peasants against these murderers”, he said.
In 2017, the Committee of Relatives of Victims of the Peasant Sicariate urged the National Constituent Assembly (ANC) to declare hate killings as crimes against humanity.
In addition, he advocated that justice be done for the events recorded in recent years, where more than 300 leaders have lost their lives for raising their voices against the large estates, especially in the Zulia, Barinas, Apure and Portuguesa states.
