La Vega raid

La Vega raid
La Vega raid
	La Vega slum, Caracas, where the raid took place
	La Vega as seen located in the Libertador municipality.
Location	La Vega Parish, Caracas, Venezuela
Date	January 8, 2021
Deaths	23
Injured	0
Motive	Police operation

The La Vega raid was a police raid that occurred on 8 January 2021 in La Vega Parish, Caracas, Venezuela. The objective of the raid was to take control of La Vega Parish, which was controlled by a criminal organization, led by Leonardo José Polanco Angulo; he was a drug lord, known as "El Loco Leo". Members of the Venezuelan National Police (PNB), the Special Action Forces (FAES) and the Venezuelan National Guard seized control of the parish, killing a number of people in the neighborhood. According to investigative journalists and human rights organizations, the death toll was 23 people. By 11 January, no member of the Nicolás Maduro administration had made a statement about the events or announced a death toll.