Venezuela Beauty Queen Mourned

Posted, 2014-02-22
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photo: AP / Rodrigo Abd

Relatives and friends of Genesis Carmona carry floral arrangements during her funeral, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014 in Valencia, Venezuela. The university student and beauty queen who was slain during a political protest on Feb.18 in Valencia, was buried Friday, a victim of what government opponents say is the kind of indiscriminate violence that has been used to stifle dissent across the country by supporters of President Nicolas Maduro.

Ben Fox Associated Press Comments Relatives and friends of Genesis Carmona carry floral arrangements during her funeral on Fridayin Valencia, Venezuela. (Rodrigo Abd / AP) Valencia, Venezuela A university student beauty queen was mourned Friday in the provincial Venezuelan city where she was slain this week during a political protest, a victim of what government opponents say is indiscriminate violence used by President Nicolas Maduro and his supporters to stifle dissent across the country. Family members and friends of 22-year-old Genesis Carmona say the former Miss Tourism 2013 for the central Venezuelan state...more »

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