Venezuela Attorney General Luisa Ortega Diaz admitted the country's police has, at times, crossed the line in responding to street protests that have swept the country for over six weeks.

Ortega announced its investigation of 60 cases of police abuse, which have led to the arrest of 15 officials, in a television interview on Sunday, according to multiple news reports.

"Yes, there has been police excess, we won't deny it, and the attorney general's office is investigating it," Ortega told local broadcaster Televen.

However, Ortega defended the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB), adding that these are isolated cases and that the abusers did not receive orders to use violence from the government, Spanish daily El Pais reports.

Since the beginning of the protests in early February, there have been several reports of police violence, including GNB officers beating up protesters with helmets, and shooting at them with pellet guns. There's even been a case of a student sodomized by the police with a rifle barrel. A human rights group had previously reported 18 cases of torture.

Bolivarian National Guard Commander Justo Noguera Pietri also conceded that there have been excesses. Pietri met a group of reporters in the GNB headquarters on Sunday, and told them he will investigate 56 cases of violence against journalists. He also announced that authorities won't arrest people filming the protests anymore, according to El Pais.

Meanwhile, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro proclaimed the end of violent street protests at an event on Sunday.

"The violent street protests have been completely defeated," he said, according to the local newspaper El Universal.

After almost two months of protests, there have been 34 deaths (including three this weekend), 461 people injured, and almost 2,000 arrested.

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