Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Venezuela adds troops near Colombian border after 3 soldiers killed


Venezuela has reinforced its border with Colombia with more troops after three Venezuelan soldiers died in an attack by an armed group over the weekend, Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino said on Monday.Ten other soldiers were injured in the attack in Amazonas state, which Padrino said was retribution for Venezuela's capture of "nine Colombian paramilitary members," the latest sign of worsening relations between the South American neighbors."We will find the paramilitaries wherever they are," Padrino said in a statement on state television. "For now, I say to them: leave Venezuela. There is no space here. There has never been any space here for you." More…

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