Police officers inspect the body of a dead gunshot victim on a street in Caracas. Thomson Reuters
Daily Mail: Inside the slums of a socialist paradise: On the streets with Venezuela's murderous 'Crazy Boys' who make their living by kidnapping in one of the most violent cities in the world
* Venezuela has wartime levels of violence but Maduro's government stopped giving crime figures long ago
* Experts say armed assaults and killings have fallen, with gangsters complaining about the price of bullets
* But the lawlessness in the failing socialist state has increased thefts, drug trafficking and illegal gold mining
* The 'Crazy Boys' of Caracas rule the sprawling Petare slum which clears of residents when night falls
* Feared killer El Negrito, 24, says firing his gun is now a luxury with inflation meaning a clip of ammo costs $15
Venezuela's murderous 'Crazy Boys' gang who make their living by kidnapping in one of the world's most violent cities - Caracas - have given an astonishing interview shedding light on the reality of life inside the failing socialist state.
The gangsters make money by kidnapping ordinary citizens off the streets and demanding ransoms that can be as little as a car or fancy watch, but such meagre items still represent a tidy profit in the impoverished nation.
Venezuela has been ruled by Russian-backed Nicolás Maduro for five years, and the country was at the centre of a stand off between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump this year as the White House tried to support Juan Guadio who claimed to have won an election.
However Maduro clung to power and socialist rule continues in the nation amid soaring hyper inflation that is making many of Caracas' hardened criminals consider leaving the country.
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WNU Editor: I have a friend who lives in neighbouring Guyana, and he has been telling me since last year that crime has gone through the roof in his country since the flood of Venezuelans began 2 years ago.
