Edmundo Rada Angulo, also known as Pipo, (disappeared on 16 October 2019) was a

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politician who served as councilman for the

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party for

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, in the Sucre Municipality of

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Career

Rada was known as a social leader who spearheaded the organization of community kitchens. He had been a member of Popular Will since the party was founded, according to

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Disappearance and death

His body was found on 17 October 2019 on the side of the road out of Petare, burned and with two

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shots in the back of his neck, after he was reported missing the day before. Disputed interim president and leader of the Popular Will party

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declared that Rada's death was "a murder ommitted bythe dictatorship" (i.e. forces loyal to

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) and that "there are clear indications that the cause aspolitical", suspecting that the crime was committed by the

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(FAES). Guaidó noted that Rada was murdered on the same day that Venezuela was elected as member of the

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. Rada's family gave public statements only to Colombian networks, reporting that Rada had fears of the FAES coming after him after they took photographs of him at a protest in late September. His funeral was held in Unión de Petare, and he is interred at the Caracas East Cemetery. His body was identified and recovered from the Bello Monte morgue by his family and fellow politicians Gilber Caro and Ismael León. On Friday 18 October, the Spanish government condemned the "cruel murder" of a politician.

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Career

Disappearance and death

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