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The first victim of violence, Jairo John Ortiz Bustamante, was 19 years old. Protesters were gathering in the Montaña Alta area of Carrizal, a town south of Caracas.
Around 10 p.m., the prosecutor’s office says, the Venezuelan National Guard, or GNB, and Venezuelan State Police, known as PNB, began approaching the protesters.
Somehow, Ortiz was shot in the chest It’s reported he was not participating in the protests.
Daniel Alejandro Queliz Araca
Queliz studied law at Arturo Michelena University. A protest had formed near his house on April 10; it’s unclear if he stepped outside to see what was going on or if he was a participant.
As state police officers closed in on the protesters, shots rang out.
Queliz, 19, was shot in the neck. He was rushed to the hospital but died en route.
On April 12, two Carabobo state police officers were arrested and charged with Queliz’s death: Chief Supervisor Marcos Ojeda, 47, and Officer Edwin Romero, 33.
Miguel Ángel Colmenares Milano
A friend of Colmenares told the outlet they were suddenly surrounded by armed men who said they were with the GNB. The armed men asked for their papers and if they had been protesting; there had been a protest nearby.
They reportedly told the armed men they hadn’t been.
The friends said their phones and belongings were confiscated and they were thrown on the ground and beaten.
Finally, after what the friend said felt like an eternity, the armed men told them to run.
“One, two…” and then a shot rang out. The group bolted.
“Miguel put his hand on his side but kept running,” the friend told RunRun.es. “Then we heard another shot and saw him fall.”
Gruseny Antonio Canelón Scripatempo
It’s unclear why Canelón was near demonstrations on April 11 in Cabudare, but amid the chaos he received multiple gunshot wounds to the right side of his chest.
Bryan David Jeménez Principal
Jiménez says a white Ford Fairlane unleashed a hail of bullets at a GNB checkpoint at the front of her community.
Two shots struck Principal in his back. He reportedly died of his injuries around 11 a.m. the next day.
Carlos José Moreno Varón
It’s unknown if Carlos José Moerno was participating in the April 12 protests in Caracas or just an innocent bystander.
A friend of Moreno’s sister was at the protests when he heard a shot.
“I saw a motorcycle go by, and a man fired a gun without getting off,” he told online news outlet El Estimulo. “I saw someone fall down and then the same motorcycle left.”
The friend later reportedly found out via text message it was Moreno who had fallen. He had been shot in the head.
Moreno, 17, died in the hospital.
His school friend Manuel Santacruz told El Estimulo he enjoyed the beach, playing soccer and riding his bike around Caracas. He also loved playing League of Legends online.
Nuinar José Sanclemente Barrios
The details around José Sanclemenete Barrios’ death are unclear.
The 28-year-old sergeant in the GNB died in the line of duty after being shot in the chest by an unknown subject.
The slaying is under investigation.
Paolo Andreina Ramírez Gómez
The group had reportedly been terrorizing the area.
When they felt the danger had passed, they came out of their hiding places and found Paola Ramírez Gómez, 23, dead on the street,
She had been shot in the chest.
Almelina Carrillo Virgüez
April 19 saw massive protests in support of and against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
Almelina Carrillo was walking to the hospital where she worked in Caracas. It just happened that she was near a pro-government protest.
The impact caused a head contusion, and she died in the hospital on April 23.
Elio Manuel Pacheco Pérez
The 20-year-old died on April 20 from electrocution amid protests in an El Valle bakery. It’s unclear at this time if his death is specifically related to those protests.
There are no more details about his death.
Jairo Ramírez
The 47-year-old died on April 20 from electrocution amid protests in an El Valle bakery. It’s unclear at this time if his death is specifically related to those protests.
There are no more details about his death.
Robert Joel Centeno Briceño
The 29-year-old died on April 20 from electrocution amid protests in an El Valle bakery. It’s unclear at this time if his death is specifically related to those protests.
There are no more details about his death.
William Heriberto Marrero Rebolledo
The 33-year-old died on April 20 from electrocution amid protests in an El Valle bakery. It’s unclear at this time if his death is specifically related to those protests.
There are no more details about his death.
Jonathan Meneses
The 27-year-old died on April 20 from electrocution amid protests in an El Valle bakery. It’s unclear at this time if his death is specifically related to those protests.
There are no more details about his death.
Stivenson Zamora
The 21-year-old died on April 20 from electrocution amid protests in an El Valle bakery. It’s unclear at this time if his death is specifically related to those protests.
There are no more details about his death.
Kenyer Alexander Aranguren Pérez
The 20-year-old died on April 20 from electrocution amid protests in an El Valle bakery. It’s unclear at this time if his death is specifically related to those protests.
There are no more details about his death.
Yorgeiber Rafael Barrena Bolívar
They go on to say he was pushed into the bakery.
Albert Alejandro Rodríguez Aponte
The 16-year-old purportedly suffocated on tear gas during protests in El Valle.
There are no more details about his death.
Ramón Ernesto Martínez Cegarra
The 28-year-old was found dead with a gunshot wound amid protests in El Valle.
There are no more details about his death.
Francisco Javier González Nùñez
The 34-year-old was found dead with a gunshot wound amid protests in El Valle.
There are no more details about his death.
Kevin Steveen León Garzón
The 19-year-old was found dead with a gunshot wound amid protests in El Valle.
There are no more details about his death.
Mervin Fernández Guitian Díaz
Guitian, 25, left his house around 9 p.m. on April 20, reportedly heading to his aunt’s house. As he walked, he passed a protest.
She told the outlet that Guitian had mental and psychosocial disabilities.
Guitian’s cousin Angela García told Caraota Digital that neighbors took him to a second hospital because the first did not have the necessary supplies to treat him.
“They told us that he kept saying, ‘It hurts,’ ” Garcia says.
Jesús Leonardo Sulbarán
The 42-year-old died after being shot in the neck.
Renzo Jesús Rodríguez Roda
The 54-year-old was found dead in Barinitas after someone fired multiple shots amid protests on April 24. He was brought to a hospital where he later died.
The Public Ministry has opened an investigation into his death.
Orlando Johan Jhosep Medina Águila
The Public Ministry’s office says Medina, 23, was at a protest in El Tocuyo, a town in Venezuela’s Lara state. He was found in the early hours of the morning shot in the head.
The outlet also reports that groups in the town burned businesses and government buildings during the protest.
Luis Alberto Márquez
Work colleague Juan Carlos Zambrano told El Pitazo that although Márquez supported former President Hugo Chavez, he went to a protest on April 24 organized by opposition party La Mesa de Unidad Democrática, just to see what was going on.
Christian Humberto Ochoa Soriano
Christian Ochoa’s stepfather, Eleazar Guerra, told the outlet his son was at his home when he heard noises outside.
He went on to say that when Ochoa went outside to check on the noises, a number of police officers had just arrived and were blanketing the area.
Ochoa saw how hostile the situation had become, so he reportedly got down on his knees and put his hands on his head.
Guerra told Conciencia es Noticias that police opened fire on Ochoa, hitting him in the abdomen and the leg.
Then, according to Guerra, the police officer who shot him began kicking him, along with three other officers.
He says they also assaulted a neighbor after confiscating a phone that recorded the incident.
Ochoa was taken to a hospital, where he later died.
Juan Pablo Pernalete Llovera
Juan Pablo Pernalete was a 20-year-old college student who loved basketball. Part of his Facebook url — “lebronjuan” — showed just how much he loved the sport.
He loved Venezuela, too.
“They can kill you,” she told Globovision, relaying the purported conversation. “The only thing he kept saying was that he wanted to fight for his country. That he wants to be free and that if they were to kill him in the march, they could also kill him on a corner to rob his phone.”
While at the protest in Caracas’ Altamira neighborhood, a tear gas canister reportedly hit Pernalete in the chest, killing him.
Eyker Daniel Rojas Gil
The family says Venezuelan National Guard members opened fire on the opposition protesters, instead hitting the 20-year-old.
Rojas Gil was injured and later died en route to hospital.
Angel Moreira
Moreira, 28, was riding his motorbike on May 2 through a section of the Prados del Este highway in eastern Caracas.
A vehicle traveling in the wrong direction, reportedly to avoid a protest taking place on the highway, hit Moreira, killing him.
The car fled the scene after the incident. The Public Ministry has opened an investigation into the death.
According to the outlet, he leaves behind a 2-year-old.
Yonathan Quintero
There are no more details about his death.
Armando Cañizales
Cañizales, 18, was with friends on May 3, participating in an anti-Maduro protest on Caracas’ Francisco Fajardo Highway.
His friend Maru González says they had a quick conversation amid the chaos.
“We told him, ‘Let’s go back,'” she says. “And he didn’t want to. He told us, ‘I will stay here, fighting for my country.'”
The vice president reportedly went on to guarantee the government’s commitment to catch those responsible for Cañizales’ death.
He wanted to become a doctor and was known for his love of music. He also was a violinist in the Venezuela popular youth program El Sistema.
Gerardo Barrera
Around 10 a.m., police officers were shot at and one was wounded.
Then, at 5:30 p.m., another group of officers attempted to break up the protest. Shots rang out again, striking Barrera.
The 38-year-old died at a hospital.
Hecder Lugo
Protests planned in Carabobo’s city of San Diego quickly turned out of control on the morning of May 4.
Anderson Dugarte
There are no more details about his death.
Miguel Castillo
There are no more details about his death.
CNN’s Julia Jones, Stefano Pozzebon, Natalie Gallon, Rolando Zenteno Ramirez and Miguel Escalona contributed to this report.
