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Venezuela
Deploys 15,000 More Troops
To Border With Colombia
CARACAS - Venezuela
announced Thursday a supplementary
deployment of more than 15,000 agents of the
National Guard to six border states amid
alleged invasion of Colombian irregular
groups.
The troops would be deployed to the southern
states of Amazonas, Apure and Bolivar, and
to the southwestern states of Barinas,
Tachira and Zuila, Venezuelan Vice President
and Defense Minister Ramon Carrizalez told
the press on Thursday.
The deployment, called "Sentinel Operation,"
aimed to strike illegal mining and combat
the presence of irregular groups in the
Venezuelan territory.
This action was followed by the detainment
of five alleged Colombian paramilitaries
during a clash with the Venezuelan police in
Tachira on Thursday morning.
Two of the detainee were killed, from whom
two fusils, taken from two agents of the
National Guard killed on Monday in the
border area, were found, the authorities
said.
Also on Thursday, 100 Colombian citizens
were detained in a checkpoint in Barina when
they were traveling on passenger buses
without identifications.
Late last month, 10 alleged Colombian
paramilitaries were also detained. They were
accused of causing terror by dishing out
"subversive" leaflets in Tachira.
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