Masked members the National Police Action Force (FAES), an elite commando unit created for anti-gang operations, patrol the Antimano slum of Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, January 29, 2019. Officials stopped publishing statistics charting crime trends long ago, but experts now say armed assaults and killings are plummeting, based on tallies from media clippings and sources at local morgues. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)
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