(IPYS/IFEX) – On 19 September 2005, members of the presidential guard forced photographer César Palacios of the Carriles Network to delete a number of photographs. Palacios had photographed the security force as they were assaulting a group of President Hugo Chávez’s supporters who had crossed the security perimeter in order to get closer to the […]
(IPYS/IFEX) – On 19 September 2005, members of the presidential guard forced photographer César Palacios of the Carriles Network to delete a number of photographs. Palacios had photographed the security force as they were assaulting a group of President Hugo Chávez’s supporters who had crossed the security perimeter in order to get closer to the president. The incident occurred during Chávez’s visit to the National Mausoleum, where the remains of the country’s independence heroes are kept.
Palacios took the photographs through the window of the Carriles Network photography department, which is housed in a building close to the mausoleum. Upon noticing the camera’s flash, the soldiers went into the building intending to arrest the photographer. Director of photography Esso Álvarez intervened, and convinced the soldiers to not arrest Palacios but have the photographs deleted instead.
