Venezuela: Two more soldiers killed in fighting on border with Colombia

Two other soldiers were killed during the fighting between its armed forces Venezuela and “Colombian riot groups” that have been unfolding since March 21 in the southwestern part of the country, on the border with Colombia, according to sources close to the army.

The death toll has risen to six from the military in the region of Apure, with nine members of the militant group being described as “terrorist” by the group, according to an official report released by the authorities on Friday. staff also lost their lives. Thirty-two members of the “naughty” organizations have also been captured, according to Caracas.

More than 3,000 residents of the area where the fighting is raging have resorted to Colombia, according to Bogota.

A lieutenant colonel and a lieutenant were killed when a “grenade exploded”, according to an internal report by the Venezuelan army, the contents of which came to the attention of the French Agency.

According to a source close to the Colombian security forces, the “naughty” groups that Caracas is talking about are dissidents of the former rebel organization Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP), which rejects the 2016 peace agreement and have taken up arms again.

Although more than 13,000 FARC members have disarmed and abandoned the armed struggle, various “rebel” groups are refusing to accept the deal that led to the dissolution of the continent’s largest rebel organization to date.

These groups, without a single administration, are funded by drug trafficking and the exploitation of illegal mines and have been reinforced in isolated areas of Colombia where they operate, according to the Colombian military intelligence service.

Venezuelan Socialist President Nicolas Maduro acknowledged last Sunday that there is indeed a possibility that the “naughty” groups clashing with his country’s armed forces may be FARC insurgents. Usually, the authorities in Caracas avoid referring to these apostates.

Colombia and Venezuela, whose porous borders are 2,200 kilometers long, have severed diplomatic ties after Colombian right-wing President Ivan Duque recognized as the legitimate leader of opposition leader Juan Guadeloupe. two neighbors with ideologically rival governments are extremely tense.

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