2018 Tumeremo massacre
[2] Occurring over three days from 14 October 2018, it is suspected that a Colombian guerrilla group is responsible for the murders.The opposition politician for the state, Américo de Grazia, claimed that the recovered bodies were of 4 men and 3 women.The attack furthered opposition displeasure at the government's supposed complicity with organized crime and harboring Colombian terrorists.[2] Shortly after the events, towards the end of October, armed violence broke out in Tumeremo, which de Grazia says began with the presence of government military forces.[5] On 31 October, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order introducing sanctions on the illegal gold trade of Venezuela.