Over the weekend an
agreement was reached between the union at the Mitsubishi plant in
Barcelona (Anzoategui State) and the bosses. This has brought to an
end the two-month long occupation. Although important concessions
were won, the workers see it as a step back as they prepare for
greater battles in the future.
Last
weekend a Gathering of Marxist youth washeld at the Mitsubishi factory
in Anzoátegui State. Here we have a report ofthe meeting that also
gives a taste of the mood that exists among some of themost advanced
worker activists in Venezuela.
A workers’ demonstration of close to one thousand marched
through Caracas against economic sabotage and for the nationalisation of closed
down factories and those working below capacity. After the killing of workers
at Mitsubishi, one of the main demands was for the real culprits to be brought
to justice.
Following on from the brutal killing of workers at the Mitsubishi plant in
Venezuela, yesterday three workers were shot at as they drove through the town
of Barcelona. Fortunately they were not injured, but we must step up the
campaign of solidarity to stop these attacks.
On Tuesday industrial workers,
workers from the service sector and from the state sector, together with
members of dozens of communal councils, marched through the streets of Barcelona to condemn the
killing of two Mitsubishi workers the week before.
New and very disturbing facts have emerged since the killing
of workers picketing the Mitsubishi plant in Venezuela. Far from an “accident”
or private guards as initially claimed, it would seem the killing was
premeditated, carried out by the police, and had specific targets among the
leadership of the factory union.
We have just heard the news that all police officers involved in the
repression against Mitsubishi workers have been suspended and handed over to the
prosecutor’s office, on orders from Anzoategui governor, Tarek William
Saab.
In
the
afternoon of Thursday, January 29 (Venezuelan time), two workers
were killed by police in the state of Anzoategui, Venezuela. The
workers killed are Pedro Suarez from the Mitsubishi factory and José
Marcano from nearby auto parts factory Macusa. They were killed when
regional police of Anzoategui was attempting evict hundreds of workers
who had been occupying the Mitsubitshi (MMC) factory.
We have received another message of protest against the killing of the
two workers in the occupied Mitsubitshi factory in Venezuela from the
Metal Workers Union Copenhagen, Denmark. [Go to latest message]
A meeting was held in the headquarters of the biggest
Polish trade-union confederation to discuss the situation in Venezuela.
At the end of the meeting a letter of protest against the repression of
the Mitsubishi workers was handed to the delegation from Venezuela
which included a member of the Venezuelan National Assembly.
On Tuesday February 3, industrial workers,
workers from the service sector and from the state sector, together with
members of dozens of communal councils, marched through the streets of Barcelona to condemn the
killing of two Mitsubishi workers the week before.
En la tarde del jueves 29
de enero dos trabajadores resultaron muertos por la policía del estado
Anzoategui, Venezuela. Los dos trabajadores asesinados son Pedro
Suarez, trabajador de Mitsubishi, y José Marcano, trabajador de la
empresa autopartista Macusa. Ambos fueron muertos cuando la policía del
estado Anzoategui trataba de desalojar a cientos de trabajadores que
habían ocupado la planta de Mitsubishi (MMC).
These two videos show how the workers only had stones and the police
was firing live ammunition, contrary to reports in the Venezuelan
bourgeois media. The first video shows the moment in which Javier
Marcano (Tiko Tiko) was killed.
We publish here videos of the brutal repression of the Anzoategui
Police against the Mitsubishi workers on January 29, which ended up in
two workers dead.
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Over the weekend an
agreement was reached between the union at the Mitsubishi plant in
Barcelona (Anzoategui State) and the bosses. This has brought to an
end the two-month long occupation. Although important concessions
were won, the workers see it as a step back as they prepare for
greater battles in the future.
Last
weekend a Gathering of Marxist youth washeld at the Mitsubishi factory
in Anzoátegui State. Here we have a report ofthe meeting that also
gives a taste of the mood that exists among some of themost advanced
worker activists in Venezuela. 
A workers’ demonstration of close to one thousand marched
through Caracas against economic sabotage and for the nationalisation of closed
down factories and those working below capacity. After the killing of workers
at Mitsubishi, one of the main demands was for the real culprits to be brought
to justice.
Following on from the brutal killing of workers at the Mitsubishi plant in
Venezuela, yesterday three workers were shot at as they drove through the town
of Barcelona. Fortunately they were not injured, but we must step up the
campaign of solidarity to stop these attacks.
On Tuesday industrial workers,
workers from the service sector and from the state sector, together with
members of dozens of communal councils, marched through the streets of Barcelona to condemn the
killing of two Mitsubishi workers the week before.
New and very disturbing facts have emerged since the killing
of workers picketing the Mitsubishi plant in Venezuela. Far from an “accident”
or private guards as initially claimed, it would seem the killing was
premeditated, carried out by the police, and had specific targets among the
leadership of the factory union.
In
the
afternoon of Thursday, January 29 (Venezuelan time), two workers
were killed by police in the state of Anzoategui, Venezuela. The
workers killed are Pedro Suarez from the Mitsubishi factory and José
Marcano from nearby auto parts factory Macusa. They were killed when
regional police of Anzoategui was attempting evict hundreds of workers
who had been occupying the Mitsubitshi (MMC) factory.
![[From HoV] - Polish trade-unions support Mitsubishi workers in Venezuela](https://media.marxist.com/2026/09/soli_mmc.jpg "[From HoV] - Polish trade-unions support Mitsubishi workers in Venezuela")
A meeting was held in the headquarters of the biggest
Polish trade-union confederation to discuss the situation in Venezuela.
At the end of the meeting a letter of protest against the repression of
the Mitsubishi workers was handed to the delegation from Venezuela
which included a member of the Venezuelan National Assembly.
![[Video] Funeral of murdered workers outside Mitsubishi factory in Venezuela](https://media.marxist.com/2026/09/feretro.jpg "[Video] Funeral of murdered workers outside Mitsubishi factory in Venezuela")
We publish here two videos of the funeral for the murdered Mitsubishi workers outside the
factory with about 2000 people present.
