"These gangs try to extort money from all businesses [...] to charge them monthly fees ranging from $20,000 to $30,000," Venezuela's Attorney General says during a press conference, as traders in Maracaibo experience "fear, panic, uncertainty" due to recent gang attacks. "What do we ask of the authorities? An end to impunity, that the guilty be punished," says a business owner. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES