Ok, first, here's some extra data:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...elan-bank.html
So, yeah, the robbery took place in the Los Jarales shopping mall, in San Diego, Venezuela. The shooter was William Ferreire, an undercover cop. And there was an accomplice outside, in a motorcycle.
Now, briandg, I'm gonna reply to some of your comments. I apologize to everybody for derailing this thread, but somebody may take issue with briandg's comments (just as I did), so I feel this must be done.
Venezuela is NOT one of the world's most violent places. In fact, the only Latin American countries among the world's 20 most dangerous places are Colombia and Mexico.
http://www.worldatlas.com/articles/m...the-world.html
Caracas is Venezuela's (and the world's) most dangerous city, followed very closely by Acapulco (Mexico) and San Pedro Sula (Honduras), However, this robbery was in the city of San Diego, 122 km (76 miles) away.
http://www.worldatlas.com/articles/m...the-world.html
As a country, Venezuela's murder rate is 57.15 murders per every 100000 people, which makes it LESS DANGEROUS than St. Louis, Mo (60.37), and just a bit more dangerous than Baltimore, Md (51.14).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ate#By_country
About the Venezuelan Constitution, I'm not a constitutionalist, so I'm not qualified to decide whether it's good or bad, but it's been ratified by popular referendum, which is much more than can be said for many others, including the Argentinian and American ones.
About the LEO, his primary responsibility is to
protect the innocent, and he failed miserably at that. And the law doesn't take "possibility" into account, only "proof" matters.
And finally, Venezuela is not worse than Mexico (take a look at the second link), and Mexico is not at war. NORTHERN Mexico is being controlled by a gang of narco-terrorists. But I have a cousin living in Veracruz, and she has told me repeatedly that central and southern Mexico are as peaceful as it gets.