"This was like the wild, Wild West. "Two hours this lasted, then, you could only hear people running in and out of businesses; the sound of looting." National Guard steps inOn Tuesday, Maduro announced he was placing state police departments under National Guard control, further militarizing the country. A demonstrator stands in front of a Bolivarian National Guard armored vehicle blocking its way during anti-government protests in Caracas, Venezuela, on Wednesday, April 19. On Wednesday, hundreds of thousands of people marched in 20 different locations in the capital, resulting in a rain of tear gas and rubber bullets from the National Guard.

Source: CBC News April 22, 2017 21:33 UTC