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Venezuelan Rebel Dead After Posting Videos Of Police Raid

Oscar Perez posted videos of a shootout on social media.

Venezuelan Rebel Dead After Posting Videos Of Police Raid
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Prominent Venezuelan rebel leader Oscar Perez was killed in a shootout with police on Monday, according to officials. 

Perez posted videos on Instagram of what he said was a police raid on his group's hideout. In one of the increasingly bloody videos, he claims he and his group were surrounded and police were shooting them with grenade launchers.

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Perez gained notoriety after dropping grenades on the Venezuelan Supreme Court from a helicopter. In one of the videos of the shootout, he shouts a surrender but says the authorities want him dead.

Opposition leaders called for a report on the raid and opened an investigation into Perez's death.