Venezuela sends 17K troops to Colombian border in smuggling crackdown
The Venezuelan government announced the nightly closure of its border along with deployment of...
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Santos rejects rebel attack on soldiers
President Juan Manuel Santos addressed the nation Monday following a FARC ambush that killed 12 Colombian soldiers near the border with Venezuela. “These 12 heroes of our country deserve all the recognition of the...
Colombia border town protests against wave of violence
Residents of the border town Maicao in the north-Colombian La Guajira peninsula have protested against the violence that has already taken 23 lives in the community so far this year. Residents held a peaceful march through the...
Smuggling costs Colombia $1.5B a year
Colombia’s national tax office DIAN announced Wednesday that contraband smuggling, primarily of liquor and cigarettes, costs Colombia $1.5 billion a year. The president of the Federation of Departments, Andres Gonzalez,...
