[Excerpt: The Colombians, who were unarmed and in civilian clothing, were detained at the weekend on the Cucuta-Arauca road in the Venezuelan state of Apure, close to the border.]
http://212.58.240.132/1/hi/world/americas/4458809.stm Last Updated: Monday, 18 April, 2005, 22:01 GMT 23:01 UK Venezuela detains Colombia troops At least eight Colombian soldiers have been detained by Venezuelan authorities at a border post. The soldiers, who had been on leave for several days, were apparently arrested while trying to return to their unit. The governor of the north-eastern Colombian province of Arauca, Julio Acosta Bernal, urged their release. A diplomatic row broke out in January when a Colombian rebel leader was captured on Venezuelan soil by bounty hunters and handed over to Bogota. The Colombians, who were unarmed and in civilian clothing, were detained at the weekend on the Cucuta-Arauca road in the Venezuelan state of Apure, close to the border. They are being held at the headquarters of the Venezuelan army's Operations Theatre No 1. Mr Acosta said they had tried to take a short-cut through Venezuelan territory without having the necessary permits, because they did not want to be punished by their superiors for returning late from leave. The governor added that members of the Colombian security forces were often forced to use Venezuelan roads, because of the danger they faced from patrols run by the guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc). There was initially some confusion over the details of the arrests, because the Venezuelan authorities had also detained a group of five armed Colombians in a separate incident in Amazonas state. The five are believed to belong to the right-wing paramilitary United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia (AUC). enditem ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Give underprivileged students the materials they need to learn. Bring education to life by funding a specific classroom project. http://us.click.yahoo.com/FHLuJD/_WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
