PHOTOS: Venezuela moves to evict ‘Tower of David’ slum residents

A resident waits for transportation to a new home after being evicted from the worldís tallest slum, the Tower of David, a half-built skyscraper that was abandoned in the 1990s and was transformed by squatters into a vertical ghetto, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Officials and armed soldiers began moving out the first of thousands of squatters who have lived for nearly a decade in a soaring, half-built skyscraper in the heart of Caracas. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) ( APTOPIX Venezuela Vertical Slum )

People load their belongings onto a pick-up truck as they voluntarily leave the Tower of David, an abandoned skyscraper in Caracas originally intended to be an office building that became a 'vertical slum', during its eviction on July 22, 2014. The government began the eviction and relocation of hundreds of families that were illegally occupying the building. FEDERICO PARRA/AFP/Getty Images ( 531845797 )

People wait inside the Tower of David, an abandoned skyscraper in Caracas originally intended to be an office building that became a 'vertical slum', before being evicted on July 22, 2014. The government began the eviction and relocation of hundreds of families that were illegally occupying the building. FEDERICO PARRA/AFP/Getty Images ( 531845857 )

People voluntarily leave the Tower of David, an abandoned skyscraper in Caracas originally intended to be an office building that became a 'vertical slum', during its eviction on July 22, 2014. The government began the eviction and relocation of hundreds of families that were illegally occupying the building. FEDERICO PARRA/AFP/Getty Images ( 531845765 )

A Venezuelan National Guard officer stands guard inside the worldís tallest slum, the Tower of David, a half-built skyscraper that was abandoned in the 1990s and was transformed by squatters into a vertical ghetto, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Officials and armed soldiers began moving out the first of thousands of squatters who have lived for nearly a decade in a soaring, half-built skyscraper in the heart of Caracas. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) ( Venezuela Vertical Slum )

The Minister of State for the Urban Transformation of Greater Caracas, Ernesto Villegas, speaks to the press during the eviction of the Tower of David, an abandoned skyscraper in Caracas originally intended to be an office building that became a 'vertical slum', on July 22, 2014. The government began the eviction and relocation of hundreds of families that were illegally occupying the building. FEDERICO PARRA/AFP/Getty Images ( 531845883 )

People wait inside the Tower of David, an abandoned skyscraper in Caracas originally intended to be an office building that became a 'vertical slum', before being evicted on July 22, 2014. The government began the eviction and relocation of hundreds of families that were illegally occupying the building. FEDERICO PARRA/AFP/Getty Images ( 531845873 )

A girl skates in the abandoned halls inside the the worldís tallest slum, the Tower of David, a half-built skyscraper that was abandoned in the 1990s and was transformed by squatters into a vertical ghetto, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Officials and armed soldiers began moving out the first of thousands of squatters who have lived for nearly a decade in a soaring, half-built skyscraper in the heart of Caracas. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) ( Venezuela Vertical Slum )

Colombian Elvis Martinez an undocumented migrant married to a Venezuelan woman picks up his clothes at his apartment at the worldís tallest slum, the Tower of David, a half-built skyscraper that was abandoned in the 1990s and was transformed by squatters into a vertical ghetto, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Officials and armed soldiers began moving out the first of thousands of squatters who have lived for nearly a decade in a soaring, half-built skyscraper in the heart of Caracas. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) ( Venezuela Vertical Slum )

A resident looks outside from the window of his apartment in the the worldís tallest slum, a half-built skyscraper known as the Tower of David that was abandoned in the 1990s and was transformed by squaters into a vertical ghetto, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Tuesday saw the beginning of the end for one of Caracas' strangest landmarks. Officials and armed soldiers began moving out the first of thousands of squatters who have lived for nearly a decade in a soaring, half-built skyscraper in the heart of Caracas. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) ( Venezuela Vertical Slum )

Picture taken at the Tower of David, an abandoned skyscraper in Caracas originally intended to be an office building that became a 'vertical slum', during its eviction on July 22, 2014. The government began the eviction and relocation of hundreds of families that were illegally occupying the building. FEDERICO PARRA/AFP/Getty Images ( 531845841 )

A woman carries her belongings after being evicted as she walks in front a mural of the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, at the worldís tallest slum, the Tower of David, a half-built skyscraper that was abandoned in the 1990s and was transformed by squatters into a vertical ghetto, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Officials and armed soldiers began moving out the first of thousands of squatters who have lived for nearly a decade in a soaring, half-built skyscraper in the heart of Caracas. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) ( Venezuela Vertical Slum )

A boy sleeps on his family's belongings as he waits for a truck outside the worldís tallest slum, the Tower of David, a half-built skyscraper that was abandoned in the 1990s and was transformed by squatters into a vertical ghetto, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Officials and armed soldiers began moving out the first of thousands of squatters who have lived for nearly a decade in a soaring, half-built skyscraper in the heart of Caracas. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) ( Venezuela Vertical Slum )

A man carries a mattress as he voluntarily leaves the Tower of David, an abandoned skyscraper in Caracas originally intended to be an office building that became a 'vertical slum', during its eviction on July 22, 2014. The government began the eviction and relocation of hundreds of families that were illegally occupying the building. FEDERICO PARRA/AFP/Getty Images ( 531845769 )

A view of the Tower of David, a building that was abandoned in the 1990s and became the worldís tallest slum, the half-built skyscraper was transformed by squatters into a vertical ghetto, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Officials and armed soldiers began moving out the first of thousands of squatters who have lived for nearly a decade in a soaring, half-built skyscraper in the heart of Caracas. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) ( Venezuela Vertical Slum )

Picture taken at the Tower of David, an abandoned skyscraper in Caracas originally intended to be an office building that became a 'vertical slum', during its eviction on July 22, 2014. The government began the eviction and relocation of hundreds of families that were illegally occupying the building. FEDERICO PARRA/AFP/Getty Images ( 531845826 )