Caracas,Venezuela — Authorities in Venezuela issued search warrants and offered rewards Thursday of up to $500,000 for gang bosses fueling deadly clashes between armed bandits and security forces in the capital Caracas.
The biggest rewards were for three criminal leaders known by their aliases of “Koki,” “El Galvis,” and “El Vampi,” while others had prices of between $20,000 and $50,000 placed on their heads.
Koki, real name Carlos Luis Revete, is a leader of the gang Cota 905, one of several involved in a fresh outbreak of running battles with police in the poorer neighborhoods of Caracas since Wednesday.
Local media say a dozen people have been killed, including a number of …
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