Italian consulate employee in Venezuela killed
CARACAS, Venezuela – Authorities say an Italian national who arrived in Venezuela just three months ago to work in the European nation’s consulate has been violently murdered.
Mauro Monciatti’s body was found in his apartment in an upscale Caracas neighbourhood by a co-worker who became concerned when he didn’t show up for work. There are no details about how he was killed but Italy’s Consul General Mauro Lorenzini said Monday that he suffered from violent trauma.
He said that Monciatti arrived three months ago to work as the consulate’s administrator. It’s not clear if he’s a career diplomat.
Crisis-wracked Venezuela has one of the world’s highest murder rates but rarely are the few foreigners left in the country targeted.
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