Deadly Siege of Venezuela Rebels Led by Former Action Hero Transfixes Country
- 6 years ago
Deadly Siege of Venezuela Rebels Led by Former Action Hero Transfixes Country
"They don’t want us to surrender, they want us dead!" the rebel leader, Óscar Pérez, shouts
in one of a series of videos posted on Twitter that showed him bloodied and under siege.
In a later video, posted after daybreak, Mr. Pérez turns the camera outside, where government officials can be seen calling up to him.
Mr. Pérez rose to fame last year during street protests against President Nicolás
Maduro as a daring dissident police officer revolting against the government.
Venezuelans: Freedom forever!" In one of the last messages, Mr. Pérez appears exhausted.
"We’re negotiating with the officials and the prosecutors," he says calmly into the camera in one of the first messages, appearing in a dark room.
On Monday, a video attributed to Mr. Pérez’s mother was posted on Twitter in which she pleaded with the government to allow him to surrender.
"They don’t want us to surrender, they want us dead!" the rebel leader, Óscar Pérez, shouts
in one of a series of videos posted on Twitter that showed him bloodied and under siege.
In a later video, posted after daybreak, Mr. Pérez turns the camera outside, where government officials can be seen calling up to him.
Mr. Pérez rose to fame last year during street protests against President Nicolás
Maduro as a daring dissident police officer revolting against the government.
Venezuelans: Freedom forever!" In one of the last messages, Mr. Pérez appears exhausted.
"We’re negotiating with the officials and the prosecutors," he says calmly into the camera in one of the first messages, appearing in a dark room.
On Monday, a video attributed to Mr. Pérez’s mother was posted on Twitter in which she pleaded with the government to allow him to surrender.