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Venezuela: Security force abuses at Colombia border Format Extrajudicial Executions, Arbitrary Arrests, Torture in Anti-Guerrilla Operation (Washington, DC) – Venezuelan security forces have committed egregious abuses against local residents during a weeks-long operation against armed groups on the border with Colombia, Human Rights Watch said today. Venezuelan security forces opened the offensive in Apure state on March 21, 2021, with the alleged purpose of combatting armed groups in Venezuela. The operation led to the execution of at least four peasants, arbitrary arrests, the prosecution...

Regina Garcia Cano FILE - In this March 26, 2021 file photo, Venezuelans disembark a boat on the Arauca River, the natural border between Venezuela and Colombia, as they flee to Arauquita, Colombia, and seek shelter following clashes between Venezuela's military and a Colombian armed group. According to the international monitoring group, Human Rights Watch, on Monday, April 26, 2021, Venezuelan security forces operating against Colombian rebels along the border have executed peasants, tortured and arbitrarily arrested people, and prosecuted civilians in military courts, prompting...

Venezuelan government argues that illegal Colombian groups have increased their presence, Colombia levels counter allegations Alvaro Suzzarini Fernandez   | 17.04.2021 * The author has been a researcher at the Venezuelan School of Planning and the Ibero-American Institute for Advanced Judicial Studies and has collaborated with international media such as Hispan TV and TeleSur. CARACAS, Venezuela During the last three weeks, Venezuela and Colombia have experienced a new episode of diplomatic tension. The most recent impasse is set against th...

Venezuelan Armed Forces remain alert on the border with Colombia Venezuelan Armed Forces remain alert on the border with Colombia Caracas, Apr 4 (Prensa Latina) The Strategic Operational Command of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (Ceofanb) remains today on maximum alert on the Colombian-Venezuelan border, where armed clashes have taken place in the past days. After recent combats between the FANB and Colombian paramilitary groups, the military command reported that it maintains control of the towns of La Victoria and El Ripial, main scenarios of the hostilities. 'The armed groups, who wi...