▁Nacional ▁editor ▁and ▁propriet or ▁Miguel ▁Henri que ▁O tero . ▁ ▁Events ▁In ▁mid - August ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁El ▁Nacional ▁spark ed ▁an ▁international ▁out c ry ▁when ▁its ▁front page ▁publication ▁of ▁a ▁graph ic ▁arch ival ▁photo ▁of ▁bodies ▁in ▁a ▁m org ue , ▁to ▁illustrate ▁a ▁story ▁about ▁rising ▁crime ▁rates , ▁led ▁the ▁government ▁to ▁tempor arily ▁ban ▁such ▁publications . ▁The ▁ban ▁was ▁later ▁over turn ed . ▁El ▁Nacional ▁editor ▁and ▁propriet or ▁Miguel ▁Henri que ▁O tero , ▁leader ▁of ▁the ▁opposition ▁movement ▁Mov imiento ▁ 2 D , ▁said ▁that ▁" The ▁editor ial ▁reasoning ▁behind ▁the ▁photo ▁was ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁shock ▁so ▁that ▁people ▁could ▁in ▁some ▁way ▁react ▁to ▁a ▁situation ▁that ▁the ▁government ▁has ▁done ▁absolutely ▁nothing ▁about ." ▁The ▁incident ▁brought ▁further ▁international ▁attention ▁to ▁the ▁issue ▁of ▁Venezuela ' s ▁crime ▁rates ▁( h aving ▁already ▁received ▁w ides p read ▁attention ▁as ▁a ▁leading ▁issue ▁of ▁public ▁concern ), ▁and ▁was ▁followed ▁by ▁an ▁article ▁in ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times , ▁claim ing ▁Venezuela ' s ▁murder ▁rate ▁was ▁higher ▁than ▁that ▁of ▁Ira q , ▁although ▁the ▁comparison ▁used ▁Ira q ▁Body ▁Count ' s ▁numbers ▁derived ▁from ▁media ▁reports ▁rather ▁than ▁the ▁World ▁Health ▁Organ ization ' s ▁survey - based ▁estimates , ▁which ▁are ▁three ▁times ▁higher . ▁A ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁poll ▁conducted ▁by ▁Alfred o ▁K eller ▁& ▁Associ ates ▁confirmed ▁that ▁crime ▁was ▁the