And the Kellogg business school at Northwestern has someone--Daniel Lansberg-Rodríguez
--personally
qualified to write one;
Theories about [Robert] Serra's brutal
killing abound, though there is considerable agreement the crime was anything
but random. Preliminary evidence seems to hint that the killers
had prior knowledge of his home, and the 2012 murder of
one of his bodyguards reinforces perceptions that the legislator had powerful
enemies.
The government's working
theory -- at least the one they air in public -- places blame
squarely upon the opposition by way of a tangled (and somewhat baffling) conspiratorial
web allegedly involving a
cabal of rightwing millionaires in Miami, former Colombian
president Álvaro Uribe, some rightwing paramilitary groups, and other assorted
"fascists." Official
statements from government officials hint at the possibility of a renewed
government crackdown on such ideological enemies in response.
Serra's influential position and
tight security have led others to believe the assassination must have been an
inside job. The government has become more factionalized since the death of
Hugo Chávez last year. Various ideological strains and interests have clashed
beneath the party's surface, and speculation abounds that Serra was killed as
part of some internecine vendetta. This latter view seemed reinforced somewhat
on Tuesday by the arrest of six suspects, including four Serra employees and
two local police officers. Meanwhile ex-President Uribe, remains at large.
The business of the Venezuelan people is deadly business.
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