WORLD WAR ENTERS NEXT PHASE: Venezuelan army collaborating with Colombian rebels

BOGOTÁ, Colombia — 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.

The report published on Monday by Human Rights Watch says that in January a truce ended between the National Liberation Army, or ELN, and another rebel organization known as the Joint Eastern Command, leading to clashes, abductions and assassinations of civilians that forced more than 3,300 people to flee their homes in the Venezuelan state of Apure. In the Colombian province of Arauca, more than 3,800 people were displaced.

Human Rights Watch says that it visited Arauca in February and spoke to humanitarian workers and refugees from Apure, who said that they witnessed how member of Venezuela’s National Guard entered villages with the ELN rebels and took people away in trucks. Witnesses told Human Rights Watch that those who were snatched from their homes were accused of collaborating with the Joint Eastern Command.

In February, Colombia’s defense minister said that the Venezuela’s army had formed an alliance with the ELN to remove the Joint Eastern Command from the area, because they were “stealing drug routes from them.”

By NC ScoutPublished On: April 4, 2022Categories: AP Staff, News and Links3 Comments

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3 Comments

Rick April 4, 2022 at 04:37

This is the AO we need to be in and supporting Colombia.
Louis Bernstein April 4, 2022 at 13:15

ELN, and FARC, are supported by, and equipped by israel. Dozens of arms caches of galils were located and seized since 1997. Israel learned their lesson, and now provide surplus “non attributable” guns. Probably the khazarians.
Boon April 4, 2022 at 18:21

We need to fix our sinking ship first, Washington is corrupt beyond addressing any international issue
and only the insane would follow Brandon’s direction. We the people are capable of great tasks but with no responsible leadership I cannot imagine where we would even be welcomed to intervene. Moral fiber is required address evil and we are severely lacking in DC, our media and many states and cities. I would set up my perimeter for the invasion from the Southern border, aside from Washington the border is our closest threat.