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REDACTED Page 15 of 190 2014 to June 2014 and thereafter from January to August 2015. The national security forces deployed in coordination with the pro government armed paramilitaries, routinely used indiscriminate and excessive force against unarmed protestors across the various cities in Venezuela including by the firing live ammunition on the crowd and rubber bullets at close range against unarmed civilian protestors causing a significant number of deaths and injuries. They made inappropriate use of riot gear, tear gas and rubber bullets to beat up and shoot unarmed civilians within close range directly at the bodies of the demonstrators causing the death of several individuals over the period. The National Security forces pursuant to the GoV’s policy also coordinated attacks with members of the pro government armed paramilitaries dressed in civilian clothes on motorcyles in various locations. In many incidents, the National Security forces were deployed together and acted in close coordination. The National security forces repeatedly in many locations encouraged and aided and abetted the attacks committed by the groups of pro government armed militias against the civilians by their direct and active contribution and/or their failure to intervene to prevent crimes against civilians. In many locations, National Security Forces gave way to members of the pro government armed paramilitaries dressed in civilian clothes on motorcycles and provided them with a safe passage to indiscriminately shoot at the crowd to disperse them without giving warnings and drive up to demonstrators as they were trying to escape to beat them up. The attack on the demonstrators did not stop until all the civilians cleared the areas. The national security forces acting in coordination with the pro government armed paramilitaries systematically chased demonstrators into residential areas attacking civilians on the street and in their homes in the neighborhoods where demonstrators were trying to escape to. They forcefully cleared barricades in several neighbourhoods established by civilians to protect themselves and to prevent the national security forces and the pro government armed paramilitaries from entering their neighborhoods. These peaceful manifestations were violently cleared by national security forces acting with members of the pro government armed paramilitaries firing rubber bullets, using tear gas and high-pressure water cannons on demonstrators without warning or giving them the option of leaving the area. The National Security Forces acting in coordination with the pro government armed paramilitaries also systematically implemented a campaign pursuant to the GoV’s policy to cover up the crimes committed during and in the context of the demonstrations. In several locations and across the whole period, the national security forces and pro