Edmundo Rada


Edmundo Rada Angulo, also known as Pipo, was a Venezuelan politician who served as councilman for the Popular Will party for Petare, in the Sucre Municipality of Caracas.

Career

Rada was known as a social leader who spearheaded the organization of community kitchens. He had been a member of Popular Will since the party was founded, according to Leopoldo López.

Disappearance and death

His body was found on 17 October 2019 on the side of the road out of Petare, burned and with two coup de grâce shots in the back of his neck, after he was reported missing the day before. Disputed interim president and leader of the Popular Will party Juan Guaidó declared that Rada's death was "a murder the dictatorship" and that "there are clear indications that the cause political", suspecting that the crime was committed by the Special Action Forces. Guaidó noted that Rada was murdered on the same day that Venezuela was elected as member of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Rada's family gave public statements only to Colombian networks, reporting that Rada had fears of the FAES coming after him after they took photographs of him at a protest in late September.
His funeral was held in Unión de Petare, and he is interred at the Caracas East Cemetery. His body was identified and recovered from the Bello Monte morgue by his family and fellow politicians Gilber Caro and Ismael León. On Friday 18 October, the Spanish government condemned the "cruel murder" of a politician.