SAFETY * Venezuela - Anticrime troops posted on buses
About 500 guardsmen have been assigned to ride on buses in Caracas as a deterrent against frequent armed robberies and killings of bus drivers
Caracas,Venezuela -Bolivarian News Agency/AP/Boston.com (USA) -19 June 2008: -- Venezuela's government started posting National Guard troops on buses yesterday to try to prevent violent crime... Some will escort buses by motorcycle through crime-prone areas, General Alirio Ramirez told... President Hugo Chávez unveiled the idea on his Sunday television program, but it was not clear whether the project would be permanent...
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