The president of Colombia insists on the presence of guerrilla groups in Venezuela and assured that he has invited Venezuelan authorities to coordinate to take them out. Cabello said that the war they have in Colombia with paramilitary groups “has nothing to do with us.”
Complaints about the presence of Colombian guerrilla groups and drug trafficking mafias in Venezuelan territory lift controversy between the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, and the Maduro Administration.
“Diosdado says that in Venezuela they are not … yes. What I have done is invite them to take them out, coordinating,” said Petro, during a meeting of the Council of Ministers in Bogotá, on Tuesday night, referring to the presence of Colombian guerrillas in Venezuelan territory.
This way, The Colombian president responded to the Minister of InteriorJustice and Peace, Diosdado Cabello, who earlier assured that Venezuelan borders are well protected.
During a press conference this Tuesday, Hair referred to dismantling “In recent days” of “more than five attempts” to build camps related to drug trafficking in Venezuelan territory. He pointed out that the National Guard was in charge of those security operations.
«On this side they will not do it, our borders are sheltered, cared for. The war they have in Colombia with paramilitary groups is a historical war, it has nothing to do with us ».
During his speech at the Council of Ministers, in addition to insisting on the presence of the Colombian guerrillas on Venezuelan soil, Petro referred to the deployment of three ships of the United States Navy with 4,000 soldiers in the Caribbean waters, near Venezuela.
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«The gringos are in the pot if they think that invading Venezuela solve their problem, they put Venezuela in the case of Syria, only with the problem they drag Colombia to the same because these groups would go to seize the riches of the subsoil, the minerals and that means more economy for death not for life. So I told Trump through his emissaries that this would be the worst mistake, ”he said.
On Monday, the president of Colombia denounced the presence of the second Marquetalia (Disidences of the FARC) and the National Liberation Army (ELN) in Venezuela. He said they maintain binational operations between the two countries, fed by illicit economies and links with international mafias.
I have never said that the ELN is behind the murder of Senator Uribe Turbay.
The ELN should read more than the press, directly my speeches. I don’t talk to speak.
The indications show a way to the second Marquetalia, with a seat in Venezuela and Colombia; It is likely that … https://t.co/crvt97dabu
– Gustavo Petro (@Petrogustavo) August 18, 2025
*Journalism in Venezuela is exercised in a hostile environment for the press with dozens of legal instruments arranged for the punishment of the word, especially the laws “against hatred”, “against fascism” and “against blockade.” This content was written taking into consideration the threats and limits that, consequently, have been imposed on the dissemination of information from within the country.
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