Isabel Pino, mother of Yohendry Fernandez, a 27-year-old man killed on January 24, 2019 after days of protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government, poses for a picture during an interview with Reuters at Jose Felix Ribas neighborhood in Caracas, Venezuela January 31, 2019. Picture taken January 31, 2019. REUTERS/Angus Berwick
CARACAS (Reuters) - After Venezuelan police officers clad in black military uniforms and masks stopped 27-year-old Yohendry Fernandez at gunpoint in the Caracas slum of Jose Felix Ribas, they asked him if he had a criminal record. He replied yes.
The officers then dragged him into an alley and shot him twice in the chest, killing him, according to his family and a witness.
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