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Two journalists arrested for violating lockdown rules and forced to delete footage

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Municipal police in Caracas detained two reporters with Crónica Uno, Riadna García and Tairy Gamboa, as they were gathering information in the Catia area of the city. According to reports, the two journalists were stopped by about 15 minutes for violating quaratine rules. They were ordered by police officers to identify themselves and delete all of the material that they had collected. The police reportedly claimed that the journalists would distort information.

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