Published at: 08/10/2025 09:00 PM

(Clarín, October 6, 1962 and WHAT's happening in Venezuela, August 7, 1962)

• The peasant Honorio Loyo was shot by armed government gangs and his body, to this day, is missing.
• Other peasants, Joel Rodríguez (16 years old) and his father Luis Rodríguez, were also arrested and tortured at the headquarters of these armed gangs in Laguneta, a town in the Edo. Lara.
• At that same time and place, Juan Rodríguez, Antonio Gil and Joaquín Pérez, who were arbitrarily arrested by these armed government groups, were also in danger of being shot.
• WHAT HAPPENED in Venezuela, on August 7, 1962, it reported at that time that more than 60 peasants were shot.
• The respective complaint was made to Arturo Uslar Pietri in a letter dated May 28, 1962, signed by democratic spokespersons from that region.
• In the text of the same, it is established that: Benjamín Montilla was kidnapped in Chabasquén and shot in the mountains of Barzales, Guárico municipality of the Morán District, in the Edo. Lara.
• José Anastasio Alvarado was beaten to death in the hamlet of El Olivo, Bolívar del Dtto municipality. Moran.
• Jesús León Vásquez was executed in the El Coco hamlet.
• Ramón Morán was killed in the hamlet of El Potrero by officers on an army patrol.
• José Rodríguez was shot in the Quebrada de Oro hamlet. The body of this peasant was incinerated in front of the troop by his executioner, Lt. Taurus.
• Roseliano Colmenares, Isidro Escalona, Dionisio Rodríguez and Matías Colmenares were killed in the Las Cenizas hamlet while working on their conucos. This occurred in the municipality of Sanare, Dtto. Jimenez del Edo. Lara.
• Deputy José Herrera Oropeza reported that, during these joint deployments of armed government bands, uniformed and dignified, more than 1,200 arrests were made, 600 people were tortured, 50 women were raped, severe damage was caused to rural property, houses were set on fire and fields were razed.

Mazo News Team