Caracas Crime Falls After Deadly Raids, Venezuela Quits ICC

Crime in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, has fallen sharply following police raids that killed thousands, The New York Times reports. The account places the city’s improved safety alongside the lethal toll of the policing campaign.

Venezuela is now withdrawing from the International Criminal Court while the court investigates that campaign, according to the report. An investigation does not itself establish criminal responsibility.

Only the report’s headline and summary were available for this account. They provide no precise death toll, crime statistics, details of individual raids or Venezuelan government response, and do not specify the legal timetable for withdrawal.