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Story summary
- Former FBI director Miguel Dao says Caracas homicide rate has significantly plummeted.
- He reports street robberies are now rare and high-ransom kidnappings have nearly vanished.
- Dao calls the decline an accomplishment but doubts its long-term durability.
- June earthquakes raised concerns that Caracas’s social fabric could fray.
- Visitors after the quakes reported feeling unusually safe in the city.