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Judi Lynn

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Mon Dec 1, 2014, 03:23 PM Dec 2014

‘Colombian paramilitaries’ attack army post in Venezuela

‘Colombian paramilitaries’ attack army post in Venezuela
Dec 1, 2014 posted by Piotr Wojciak

Alleged Colombian paramilitaries attacked a military police post across the border in Venezuela, according to the local governor.

According to the governor of the southern Venezuelan state of Tachira, Jose Gregorio Vielma, the attack by “presumed paramilitaries” was carried out in the early morning hours on Sunday and aimed to recover 40,000 liters of confiscated contraband gasoline.

The new act of aggression from the group presumably composed of Colombian paramilitaries was recorded just days after at least 14 alleged drug traffickers from Colombia were killed in a confrontation between two rival drug trafficking organizations across the border.

MORE: 14 killed in combat between Colombia drug gangs on Venezuela border

“This new upsurge in Colombian armed groups on Venezuelan soil is proof of an increased mobilization of the paramilitaries in the border region,” said Vielma Mora.

More:
http://colombiareports.co/colombian-paramilitaries-attack-army-post-venezuela/

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