Today in "No Vale, Yo No Creo"
Steven Obando, 28, is a high school chemistry teacher in Barquisimeto. This week, he was charged with extortion.
His alleged crime?
Demanding that two of his students bring in impossible-to-source packages of diapers and washing powder in return for a passing grade.
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