Father Juan Huerta Ibarra flees trial in Venezuela, accused of repeated child sexual abuse by José Leonardo Araujo, who was 13 at the time
Armed groups operating outside the law have killed all the authorities or sent them into exile. Local residents live in a permanent state of fear due to rampant violence
Between January and March 2022, 35 kidnappings were registered in the South American country. In the same period of 2023, the figure doubled. Among the current victims is an 87-year-old man, the oldest hostage in the world
The father fled his town in the Amazon after receiving threats, and his wife and children were on their way to meet him when the plane they were traveling in crashed. Eighteen days later, the minors have still not been found
During the last few decades of the 20th century, most of the people who vanished between the two countries were Colombians, looking for better lives in wealthy Venezuela. The migration has reversed course, but people are still dying without a trace