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By 12:30 pm, thousands of government supporters were gathered around the palace blocking all routes to Miraflores except for the [[Llaguno Overpass]], which was where the Bolivarian Circles had gathered to overlook the route.<ref name="p2325NELSON">{{Harvsp|Nelson|2009|pp=23–25}}</ref> As the march turned a corner and began to approach the Miraflores at about 2:00 pm, the National Guard fired about twelve [[tear gas]] canisters from behind the palace walls and the protesters fled back down the road.<ref name="USdosTALE">{{cite web |title=TALE OF TWO CITIES – THE MARCH ON MIRAFLORES PALACE |url=https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/146788.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231123620/https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/146788.pdf |archive-date=31 December 2016 |access-date=5 February 2015 |website=[[United States Department of State]]}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable ([[WP:NOTRS]]).|date=November 2023}} The protesters made it closer to Miraflores and the Presidential Guard responded with more tear gas. About 20 gas canisters
Since other routes were blocked by the National Guard, many marchers began to head down Baralt Avenue in order to reach Miraflores.<ref name=p2932NELSON>{{Harvsp|Nelson|2009|pp=29–32}}</ref>
Trying to regain the initiative, Chávez spoke in a lengthy broadcast on the successes of his administration while calling for peace, but the networks decided to split the screen, showing the violence outside the palace, with the audio from the speech appearing disrupted.<ref name=p7378NELSON/>
"The killings at the anti-Chávez demonstration rocked the country", ''The New York Times'' reported on 20 April, "reviving memories of the violent events in 1989, known as the Caracazo, in which hundreds were killed by government forces. Venezuelans across the political spectrum swore that such violence would never take place again."<ref name="NYT 20-04" />
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