I have known Eddy for about six months, my friends for more than 10 years. Eddy, a German man with a beard who was regularly called Santa Claus by children. He was not liked by everyone. He was gruff, stubborn and opinionated but had a genuinely good heart. Eddy is no more; he was horribly murdered. And as with 96 percent of the 25,000 murders every year, this murder will never be solved. Indeed, after his murder, he was also robbed by people in the neighborhood and the police. In recent years, Eddy lived in Ocumare, a coastal village that has recently suffered greatly from the decline in tourism. His life before that, he had traveled all over the world, and there were many stories about that over a beer. Eddy was well known in Ocumare and somewhat infamous. Eddy dealt in meat and cheese, investing money where it was needed. 25,000 murders a year Now Eddy is dead, last Saturday they tortured, robbed and set him on fire. Eddy is not alone. In Venezuela, 25,000 people were murdered last year (these are official figures, unofficially the number is higher). 96 percent of these cases are never
