CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s government said Monday that it is fortifying a remote stretch of border with Colombia after three of its soldiers were killed in an ambush that also wounded 10 others. Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez said a Colombian paramilitary group attacked Venezuelan soldiers Sunday in the state of Amazonas. The ambush was retaliation for Venezuela’s arrest hours earlier of nine people in the group from Colombia, he said. The Colombian Foreign Ministry issued a statement condemning the attack on Venezuelan soldiers, calling it terrorism. “Colombia rejects terrorism and violence generated by organized armed groups such as the ELN,” the Foreign Ministry said, adding that Colombia will continue to fight the group.

Source: Washington Post November 05, 2018 23:56 UTC