David José Vallenilla Luis (c. 1995 – 22 June 2017) was aVenezuelan student killed during the2017 Venezuelan protests.
David Vallenilla was a graduate student in nursing. Son of David Vallenilla, who was the superior ofNicolás Maduro when he worked in theCaracas Metro. On 22 June 2017, Vallenilla was in a protest on theFrancisco Fajardo highway, in Caracas, when a military official fired a shotgun at him from inside theLa Carlota air base. He was wounded at the thorax level and was transferred to the El Ávila clinic, where he was admitted without vital signs at the age of 22.[1]
On 13 July, a night march was summoned in honor of those killed during the protests, including Vallenilla, marching to the places where the demonstrators died. Dissident CICPC inspectorÓscar Pérez made a surprise appearance in the march, before leaving and disappearing.[2]
The killing of David Vallenilla was documented in a report by a panel of independent experts from theOrganization of American States, considering that it could constitute acrime against humanity committed in Venezuela along with other killings during the protests.[1]
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