Geraldin Moreno

On 19 February 2014, at eight in the morning, a cacerolazo was called upon in Naguanagua, in Carabobo state. Six motorcycles from the National Guard arrived firing and Moreno ran along with other protesters. Sergeant Second Class Francisco Caridad Barroso fired a shot, which hit Geraldin in the body; Another sergeant, Albin Bonilla, fired a shot that hit her in the face, causing her to fall on her back, and immediately afterwards shot a third time again directly at Geraldin's face, urged by another colleague who, according to witnesses, shouted "do it, do it".{{Cite book|last=|first=|url=http://www.oas.org/documents/spa/press/Informe-Panel-Independiente-Venezuela-ES.pdf|title=INFORME DE LA SECRETARÍA GENERAL DE LA ORGANIZACIÓN DE LOS ESTADOS AMERICANOS Y DEL PANEL DE EXPERTOS INTERNACIONALES INDEPENDIENTES SOBRE LA POSIBLE OMISIÓN DE CRÍMENES DE LESA HUMANIDAD EN VENEZUELA|publisher=|year=2018|isbn=|editor-last=Organización de Estados Americanos|location=Washington D.C.|page=|pages=|language=|chapter=TORTURA COMO CRIMEN DE LESA HUMANIDAD|author-link=|access-date=24 June 2018}} Her cousin, Liseth Madía, declared that the pellets fired were not made of plastic as supposed, but of iron. The driver of the motorcycle, Alexander López Vargas, told the Public Ministry that Alvín Rojas admitted to having shot "that damn woman." Moreno died three days later on 22 February. The cause of death was "Herniation of cerebellar tonsils and cardio-respiratory arrest due to hemorrhage, brain and eye injuries and cerebral edema due to skull-facial fractures due to multiple projectile gunshot facial-cranial wounds."{{Cite book|last=Arencibia|first=Carlos Javier|title=Testimonios de la Represión|publisher=Libros Marcados|year=2015|isbn=978-980-408-038-8|editor-last=|location=|pages=78–105|language=|chapter=49 epitafios: Prohibido olvidar. Historia de los fallecidos|author-link=|access-date=}}

By February 2015, among the 43 deaths, only four were being investigated: that of Bassil Da Costa, that of José Alejandro Márquez, that of Geraldin Moreno and Adriana Urquiola, and none had been solved.{{Cite web|title=Muerte de Génesis Carmona sigue impune|url=http://www.lapatilla.com/site/2015/02/19/muerte-de-genesis-carmona-sigue-impune/|access-date=2 December 2015|website=www.lapatilla.com |date=19 February 2015 |publisher=La Patilla }} At least 25 National Guardsmen were involved in Geraldin's murder, but only four were presented in the case, of which two were detained and the other two were under presentation regime. A year after her death, the trial had not started and had been deferred eight times.{{cite news |last=Sosa Calcaño |first=María Alesia |date=12 February 2015 |title=Los 43 muertos no reciben justicia pero sirven como propaganda |work=Runrun.es |agency= |url=http://runrun.es/rr-es-plus/investigacion/187178/los-43-muertos-no-reciben-justicia-pero-sirven-como-propaganda.html |access-date=23 June 2018}} In 2016 Albin Bonilla Rojas was sentenced to thirty years in prison for the death of Geraldin Moreno, the maximum penalty in Venezuela, while Sergeant Francisco Caridad was sentenced to 16 years and 6 months in prison.{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=15 December 2016|title=Fiscalía logró condena de 30 años para sargento de la GNB por muerte de Geraldine Moreno|page=|agency=Panorama|issue=|location=|url=http://www.panorama.com.ve/sucesos/Fiscalia-logro-condena-de-30-anos-para-sargento-de-la-GNB-por-muerte-de-Geraldine-Moreno-20161215-0005.html|access-date=24 June 2018|archive-date=6 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806142537/http://www.panorama.com.ve/sucesos/Fiscalia-logro-condena-de-30-anos-para-sargento-de-la-GNB-por-muerte-de-Geraldine-Moreno-20161215-0005.html|url-status=dead}} Other members of the detachment, accomplices of the events, including Lieutenant Colonel Frank Osura, received promotions and decorations after the killing.

Naguanagua Mayor {{ill|Alejandro Feo La Cruz|es}} paid tribute to those who had died during protests in Carabobo, naming a park "Geraldin Moreno Park" and named an avenue after another protester, Génesis Carmona.{{cite news |date=6 March 2014 |title=Inauguran Av. Génesis Carmona y Parque Geraldin Moreno en Valencia (Fotos) |agency=La Patilla |url=http://www.lapatilla.com/site/2014/03/06/inauguran-av-genesis-carmona-y-parque-geraldin-moreno-en-valencia-fotos/ |access-date=9 July 2014}}

• Timeline of the 2014 Venezuelan protests
• Bassil Da Costa
• {{ill|Robert Redman (protestor)|es|Robert Redman|lt=Robert Redman}}
• Génesis Carmona
• Marvinia Jiménez
• Kluivert Roa

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