Claudia Patricia Fortich, widow of late oil tanker captain Jaime Herrera Orozco who was murdered on his ship while anchored off Venezuela, holds a picture of her husband at her home, in Cartagena, Colombia February 5, 2021. Picture taken February 5, 2021. REUTERS/Luis Fernando Jaimes NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
(Reuters) - A year after a Colombian oil tanker captain was murdered by Venezuela's military, his widow says she still cannot claim his pension to support their two sons as the Venezuelan government refuses to authenticate his death certificate.
Jaime Herrera, 59, was shot dead on board the tanker in February 2020 by officers tasked with guarding his crew, according to a Reuters investigation published last year that highlighted his death as an example of Venezuela's lawlessness. https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/venezuela-crime-shipping
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