El Junquito raid

El Junquito raid
	Part of the Crisis in Venezuela
	; Government forces fire a rocket launcher at Óscar Pérez's hideout
Date	15 January 2018
Location	El Junquito, Capital District, Venezuela
Result	Death of Óscar Alberto Pérez and others
Belligerents
Venezuelan government Venezuelan Army; Venezuelan National Guard; SEBIN; Bolivarian National Police; Supported by: Colectivos;	Venezuelan rebels; Supported by: Opposition civilians;
Commanders and leaders
Nicolás Maduro; Néstor Reverol; Vladimir Padrino López	Óscar Alberto Pérez
Strength
≈500	13
Casualties and losses
3 dead, 8 injured	7 dead, 6 arrested

The El Junquito raid (codenamed Operation Gideon) was a police and military raid that occurred on 15 January 2018 in El Junquito, Capital District, Venezuela, which resulted in the death of rebel Óscar Alberto Pérez and members of his movement.^[1]^[2]

^ Romero-Castillo, Evan (19 January 2018). "Maduro y la "masacre de El Junquito"". Deutsche Welle (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 January 2018.
^ "A cuatro días de la masacre de El Junquito, familiares esperan que entreguen los cadáveres". La Patilla (in European Spanish). 19 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.

[DWmassacre-1] Romero-Castillo, Evan (19 January 2018). "Maduro y la "masacre de El Junquito"". Deutsche Welle (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 January 2018.

[2] "A cuatro días de la masacre de El Junquito, familiares esperan que entreguen los cadáveres". La Patilla (in European Spanish). 19 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.

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