Miguel Castillo Bracho (died 11 May 2017) was a

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n social communicator who was killed during the

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On 11 May 2017, Miguel was on the main avenue of Las Mercedes,

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, in

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, when

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officials fired metal spheres, hitting him at the left intercostal. On 13 July, a night march was summoned in honor of those killed during the protests, including Castillo, marching to the places where the demonstrators died. Dissident CICPC inspector

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made a surprise appearance in the march, before leaving and disappearing. The killing of Miguel Castillo was documented in a report by a panel of independent experts from the

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, considering that it could constitute a

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committed in Venezuela along with other killings during the protests.

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