Caracas, Jan 22, 2025 (AFP) - Leading Venezuela crime boss killed by police: minister

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Venezuelan police on Wednesday shot dead one of the country's most notorious gang leaders, who imposed a reign of terror on one of Latin America's biggest shantytowns, Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello announced Wednesday. Wilexis Alexander Acevedo Monasterios, 39, known to all in Venezuela simply as "Wilexis," was an infamous figure whose reputation loomed large over Petare, a low-income Caracas suburb of around 600,000 inhabitants. He was on t......

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