Killing of Paúl Moreno
Paúl René Moreno Camacho (c. 1992–18 May 2017) was a Venezuelan student and Green Cross volunteer killed during the 2017 Venezuelan protests.
Killing
[edit]Paúl Moreno was a fifth-year medical student at the University of Zulia and was a volunteer paramedic for the Green Cross. On 18 May 2017, Paúl was nearby the Fuerzas Armadas Avenue in Maracaibo, when the driver of a vehicle rammed over a barricade, running over him and escaping from the scene. Moreno was transferred to the Adolfo Pons Hospital, where he died at the age of 24.[1]
The killing of Paúl Moreno was documented in a report by a panel of independent experts from the Organization of American States, considering that it could constitute a crime against humanity committed in Venezuela along with other killings during the protests.[1]
Investigations
[edit]On 17 November 2017, Omar Barrios, held responsible for Paúl's death, was sentenced to 19 months of house arrest, after which he would have a presentation regime every 15 days. The sentence signed by the judge in charge of the case, Yesiré Rincón, incorrectly established that Moreno died in 2009 and not in 2017,[2] and judge Rincón argued that the qualification of intentional homicide could not be applied because the criterion was approved in 2011. The irregularity of the sentence was denounced in a statement by Carlos Moreno, Paúl's brother.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Organization of American States, ed. (2018). "TORTURA COMO CRIMEN DE LESA HUMANIDAD". INFORME DE LA SECRETARÍA GENERAL DE LA ORGANIZACIÓN DE LOS ESTADOS AMERICANOS Y DEL PANEL DE EXPERTOS INTERNACIONALES INDEPENDIENTES SOBRE LA POSIBLE COMISIÓN DE CRÍMENES DE LESA HUMANIDAD EN VENEZUELA (PDF). Washington D.C. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Jueza en caso de Paúl Moreno afirma que rescatista murió en 2009 y no en 2017". El Estímulo. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "Jueza aseguró en una sentencia que Paul Moreno murió en 2009". El Nacional. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2019.