Victims were abducted in Caracas or its outskirts and held in gang members’ houses within the neighborhood. Petare, the parish located in the Sucre municipality of Miranda state, part of the Caracas ...

Children play in a public park in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/) ...

Caracas, Venezuela - January 22, 2025 Venezuelan police killed Wilexis Alexander Acevedo Monasterio, alias 'Wilexis', one of the most wanted criminals who lived in Petare, the country's largest ...

On Wednesday, Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello reported the killing of Wilexis Acevedo in a large-scale security operation in the eastern Caracas barrio of Petare. Acevedo, who led an organization ...

If the goal is to instil fear, the colectivos have succeeded. In Petare, a district of eastern Caracas where colectivo members roam free, 32-year-old Josumary Gomez told AFP their presence ...

In several parts of Caracas on Thursday ... Meanwhile in Venezuela’s largest barrio Petare, Maduro supporters also assembled in what they call a “march for peace and joy.” ...