A woman touches dried blood spilt by her son at the spot where he was injured at a protest, during his funeral in San Cristobal

A woman touches dried blood spilt by her son at the spot where he was injured at a protest, during his funeral in San Cristobal

Carmen Gonzalez touches dried blood spilt by her son Jimmy Vargas at the spot where he was injured at a protest, during his funeral in San Cristobal, about 410 miles (660 km) southwest of Caracas, February 26, 2014. Pope Francis called on Wednesday for an end to violence in Venezuela that has killed at least 13 people and urged politicians to take the lead in calming the nation’s worst unrest for a decade. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins (VENEZUELA – Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)