Police arrest 30 alleged school vandals and troublemakers

www.vheadline.com Posted: Friday, February 28, 2003 By: Patrick J. O'Donoghue

Caracas Police (Policaracas) operations chief, Antonio Pujol says his officers have arrested 30 alleged juvenile troublemakers charged with vandalizing 6 Caracas educational institutions.

“We captured them in the surrounds of Fermin Toro and Rafael Vega colleges, Technical College del Oeste, Caracas Teacher Training College (Pedagogico), Aplicacion and Miguel Antonio Caro high schools.”

Pujol claims that former urban guerrilla group Bandera Roja (BR) has infiltrated militants to exploit discontent in high schools and to attack other student groups and schools that are pro-government.

Other schools, such as Gustavo Herrera (Chacao) and Fray Pedro de Agreda (El Valle), complain that vandalism is a continuing problem caused by political groups.