Colombia says Venezuela troops crossed border illegally
LATIN AMERICAColombia says Venezuela troops crossed border illegally
Army says 15 members of Venezuela's national guard illegally crossed the border in pursuit of a civilian in La Guajira.
19 Sep 2015 04:01 GMT | Latin America, Venezuela, Colombia
Colombia's army has denounced what it called an incursion by 15 members of Venezuela's national guard whom, it said, illegally crossed the border in pursuit of a civilian.
The Venezuelan troops on Friday allegedly fired upon the individual while chasing him in a 4x4 vehicle nearly one kilometre deep into Colombian territory, near a rural hamlet in La Guajira province.
When the suspect took refuge in a residence, the troops burned the motorcycle on which he had fled before retreating back across the border, the Colombian army said in a statement.
Colombia broadcast images of the burned vehicle and ammunition shells on a dirt road where the confrontation allegedly took place.
The incident comes amid rising bilateral tensions after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro closed all major border crossings between the two countr
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