Venezuelan officials bury rebel against family's wishes
Oscar Perez
Just two of  Oscar Perez 's relatives were allowed to see the early morning interment at a Caracas cemetery after authorities denied relatives' demands that they hand over the body of  Perez  and six others killed. The cemetery was surrounded by National Guard officers.
"They arbitrarily decided to carry out the controlled burial without granting permission to observe him  much less allow him to be moved with his family "  Perez 's widow  Danahis Vivas  said on Twitter.
Vivas is out of the country with the couple's children.  Perez 's aunt  Aura Perez  confirmed that the military allowed her and her daughter into the cemetery to see  Perez  before he was buried.
FILE - In this July 13  2017 file photo   Oscar Perez  speaks to the press at a night vigil to honor the more than 90 people killed during three months of anti-government protests  in Caracas  Venezuela. Officials in Venezuela have buried  Perez  killed nearly a week ago in a shootout with government security forces. Family members said only two of Oscar Perez’s relatives were permitted to observe the tightly controlled burial on Sunday  Jan. 21  2018. (AP Photo/Miguel Rodriguez  File)
Officials have called  Perez  and  his  group a "terrorist cell " and blamed them for instigating the violent shootout that killed two police officers. Authorities have not commented on the burial.
The government has been accused of unlawfully killing the group after video clips  Perez  posted during the shootout showed  him  calling out that the rebels wished to surrender.
Flowers surround a white brick to identified the tomb of rebel policeman Oscar Perez after a controlled burial at a cemetery in Caracas  Venezuela  Sunday  Jan. 21  2018. Officials in Venezuela buried the rebel policeman killed nearly a week ago in a shootout with government security forces. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
 Perez  was the last of the seven to be buried by the military over the weekend. The families received death certificates showing that  he  and five others had each died of a gunshot to the head.
Just two of  [TGT] 's relatives were allowed to see the early morning interment at a Caracas cemetery after authorities denied relatives' demands that they hand over the body of  Perez  and six others killed. The cemetery was surrounded by National Guard officers.
"They arbitrarily decided to carry out the controlled burial without granting permission to observe him  much less allow him to be moved with his family "  Perez 's widow  Danahis Vivas  said on Twitter.
Vivas is out of the country with the couple's children.  Perez 's aunt  Aura Perez  confirmed that the military allowed her and her daughter into the cemetery to see  Perez  before he was buried.
FILE - In this July 13  2017 file photo   [TGT]  speaks to the press at a night vigil to honor the more than 90 people killed during three months of anti-government protests  in Caracas  Venezuela. Officials in Venezuela have buried  Perez  killed nearly a week ago in a shootout with government security forces. Family members said only two of [TGT]’s relatives were permitted to observe the tightly controlled burial on Sunday  Jan. 21  2018. (AP Photo/Miguel Rodriguez  File)
Officials have called  Perez  and  his  group a "terrorist cell " and blamed them for instigating the violent shootout that killed two police officers. Authorities have not commented on the burial.
The government has been accused of unlawfully killing the group after video clips  Perez  posted during the shootout showed  him  calling out that the rebels wished to surrender.
Flowers surround a white brick to identified the tomb of rebel policeman [TGT] after a controlled burial at a cemetery in Caracas  Venezuela  Sunday  Jan. 21  2018. Officials in Venezuela buried the rebel policeman killed nearly a week ago in a shootout with government security forces. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
 Perez  was the last of the seven to be buried by the military over the weekend. The families received death certificates showing that  he  and five others had each died of a gunshot to the head.