Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro indefinitely closed his country's
border with Colombia and declared a state of emergency in part of the
frontier region Friday August 21,2015, following an earlier attack that wounded four
people.
Tensions run high along the 2,200-kilometer (1,400-mile) porous border, rife with guerrilla and smuggling activity, and the two countries almost went to war in 2008.
Two men on motorcycles attacked soldiers involved in anti-smuggling operations along the northwestern border with Colombia on Wednesday Aug 19,2015, according to Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro.
Regional officials said three soldiers and a civilian were wounded in the attack that took place in Tachira state. One soldier was seriously hurt.
"As part of measures to restore order, peace, tranquility and justice ... I have decided to declare a state of emergency" in several municipalities of eastern Tachira state, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro said in a broadcast address
He did not explain the scope of the action, saying only that it "broadly empowers civil, military and police authorities to restore order, peace, coexistence of the Venezuelan border region with Colombia."
A contingent of 1,500 soldiers arrived Friday in the border area to join the 500 already stationed in the area
Venezuela's National Guards stand in front of Colombia's soldiers at Simon Bolivar international bridge, on the border with Colombia, at San Antonio in Tachira state
Tensions run high along the 2,200-kilometer (1,400-mile) porous border, rife with guerrilla and smuggling activity, and the two countries almost went to war in 2008.
Two men on motorcycles attacked soldiers involved in anti-smuggling operations along the northwestern border with Colombia on Wednesday Aug 19,2015, according to Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro.
Regional officials said three soldiers and a civilian were wounded in the attack that took place in Tachira state. One soldier was seriously hurt.
"As part of measures to restore order, peace, tranquility and justice ... I have decided to declare a state of emergency" in several municipalities of eastern Tachira state, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro said in a broadcast address
He did not explain the scope of the action, saying only that it "broadly empowers civil, military and police authorities to restore order, peace, coexistence of the Venezuelan border region with Colombia."
A contingent of 1,500 soldiers arrived Friday in the border area to join the 500 already stationed in the area
Venezuela's National Guards stand in front of Colombia's soldiers at Simon Bolivar international bridge, on the border with Colombia, at San Antonio in Tachira state
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