Maduro intent on third term as 1,600 perceived opponents languish in cells

Maduro intent on third term as 1,600 perceived opponents languish in cells

Nearly a month after the Venezuelan president’s roundup many expect him to ride out the threats to his 11-year rule

Nicolás Maduro has baptised his political crackdown Operación Tun Tun (Operation Knock Knock) after the spine-chilling visits his security forces pay their targets. But when members of Venezuela’s secret police came for Aixa Daniela Boada López, they announced their arrival with a thump not a tap.

“It was about half past midnight when we heard this loud bang on the roof,” said one witness to her detention in the industrial complex of Ciudad Guayana early on 1 August.

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