Published at: 07/05/2025 09:00 PM
During the celebration of May 1, 1962, the result of police repression against workers in its day left two dead and 22 injured. Among them, a 13-year-old boy lost his life.With the objective of preventing the concentration of workers and workers disaffected by the government, Betancourt ordered maximum police repression against the popular neighborhoods of Caracas.As a result of this government measure, 13-year-old Manuel Infante was killed and shot from a police patrol.Manuel Infante was a student at the Luis Enrique Mármol school and was shot while playing with his classmates in the corridors of a super block on January 23.The same bullet that pierced the boy's humanity caused injuries to his two little friends: Augusto Martínez and Ramón Villarroel.Another victim who died, as a result of police shooting, was the 18-year-old Julio César Gómez.Other injuries were:- Oscar Moncada, 11, wounded at point-blank range by a policeman.
- Leonardo Caibe, 5, injured by an explosive device thrown at his residence from a patrol car.
- Cecilio Corbelo Monasterios, resident worker on January 23.
- In the midst of the shooting unleashed by the government, two children were run over, one of whom died.
- The police, at all events, refused to give the identity of those killed, run over and injured as a result of the overwhelming action of the State's repressive apparatus.
Mazo News Team
