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Caracas, Venezuela — Jorge Gonzalez’s specialty is kidnapping.

The gang he leads gives a victim’s family and friends only 72 hours to come up with the ransom. If they do not or cannot pay, the victim is murdered.

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“It’s not the best way to earn a living, but it is the easiest,” said Gonzalez, who for obvious reasons would not give his real name. “If the families don’t pay up, we eliminate that person,”

I asked Gonzalez how he justified killing people he did not know and who had never done him harm.

“It is not if this is right or wrong. I don’t give a shit about that,” he said, his voice devoid of emotion. “They’ve seen our faces so we can’t afford to let them go.”

He also wanted me to know “a lot have died on our side, too.”