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| Two police officers killed in attack on the Colombian border with Venezuela |
| 2019-02-19 |
| [ELUNIVERSAL] On Monday two uniformed dead were the result of an attack on a police post on the border of Colombia and Venezuela, according to authorities the action was perpetrated by two gunnies who entered Venezuelan territory. The assailants rubbed out Customs coppers and maimed a vigilante , according to AFP. The attack took place in a border bridge that joins the city of Arauca with Venezuelan territory. The police said the attackers "crossed the river on foot" bordering to commit the attack, which cost the life of the patrolman Jeison Bejarano, 26, and Oscar Alberto Gonzalez, 28. Until now they have not blamed any gang as responsible, however the governor of the department of Arauca, Ricardo Alvarado, pointed out that they would be members of organizations operating from Venezuela. "There are groups (armed) that do not operate within the territory (Colombian) and I can not go out to cross the river," the president told Blu Radio. In Arauca, commandos of the National Liberation Army (ELN) operate, the last active guerrilla group recognized in Colombia, as well as dissidents of the now defunct rebel organization FARC. Supported by military intelligence reports, the Colombian government denounced that the ELN takes refuge on the Venezuelan side of a border punished by smuggling and drug trafficking. |
| Posted by:Fred |