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- 1 2 3 "Familiares exigen justicia por asesinato de concejal Edmundo Rada". El Universal (in Spanish). 2019-10-18. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
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- ↑ "El mensaje de Leopoldo López tras la muerte de Edmundo "Pipo" Rada: "Fue un asesinato políticamente motivado"". Infobae (in European Spanish). 18 October 2019. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
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- ↑ "Spain condemns murder of Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Rada". The Diplomat in Spain. 2019-10-19. Retrieved 2019-10-19.