Venezuelan Soldiers Killed


February 19, 2003
Venezuelan Soldiers Killed
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


CARACAS, Venezuela, Feb. 18 (AP) - The bodies of three soldiers who had
called for "civil disobedience" against President Hugo Chávez's government
have been found with their hands tied and faces wrapped with tape,
forensic police officers said today.
No arrests had been made and authorities were still trying to determine a
motive behind the killings of the three soldiers, Erwin Argüello, Ángel
Salas and Félix Pinto.
The bodies were found in Guarenas, 18 miles from Caracas, said César
Hernández, chief of the forensics homicide division.