Alfredo Romero, who heads the Penal Forum group, said yesterday Josue Farias died in the western city of Maracaibo from a gunshot injury sustained during an anti-government protest nearly a month ago on May 29.
Farias was an accounting student at a Zulia state university.
Demonstrators have taken to the streets to march against rampant crime, runaway inflation and shortages of basic goods in the country with the world's largest proven oil reserves.
In their latest report on June 11, they counted 42 deaths and 873 people injured in the demonstrations that have decreased in intensity in recent weeks.
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