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Ismaira Figueroa, a sniper for the Bolivarian militia, shows the camouflage suit that she made for herself with clothes of fallen comrades at her house in Baruta neighbourhood in Caracas, last month. AFP
The make-up artist and sniper preparing to die for Venezuela
Sun, 7 March 2021
Dressed in camouflage, her face covered in mud, Ismaira Figueroa holds her position on a hill, rifle in hand, as she takes part in military exercises simulating an invasion.
“I feel like I was born to do this and if I had to die for this . . . I’m ready,” says the 43-year-old sniper from the “Milicia”, a civilian militia attached to the armed forces.