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We are writing to respectfully urge that, in light of the Colombian government’s reestablishment of diplomatic relations with the Nicolás Maduro government, your government maintains a strong focus on helping to address the human rights and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela.

A Human Rights Watch (HRW) report accuses Venezuela’s security forces of carrying out operations with the Colombian guerrilla group National Liberation Army (ELN), and of causing “a dramatic increase in violence in the first months of 2022” in the border departments of Arauca, in Colombia, and Apure, in Venezuela. The report Colombia/Venezuela: Border Area Abuses by Armed Groups was published on March 28.

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A conflict between armed groups on the Colombia-Venezuela border has caused a dramatic increase in violence in the early months of 2022 causing thousands to flee.

Human Rights Watch says ‘dramatic increase’ in violence taking place along remote stretch of Colombia-Venezuela border.

A report says Venezuelan soldiers conducted joint operations with Colombian rebels in the state of Apure earlier this year

Human Rights Watch says Venezuelan soldiers conducted joint operations with ELN in violence-plagued Apure state

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Venezuelan soldiers conducted joint operations with Colombian rebels in the state of Apure earlier this year, Human Rights Watch said as violence increased along a remote and often lawless stretch of the Colombia-Venezuela border. Several armed groups are fighting for control of drug trafficking routes in the area.