Tag: Military operation

• Wednesday, May 6th 2020 - 09:47 UTC

  Trump denies any US involvement in an alleged failed armed incursion in Venezuela

  

  President Donald Trump on Tuesday denied any involvement by the US government in what Venezuelan officials have called a failed armed incursion in the South American country that led to the capture of two American “mercenaries”.

• Thursday, November 7th 2019 - 09:18 UTC

  Colombia's defense minister resigns for not disclosing the death of minors y military operations

  

  Colombia's defense minister has resigned after coming under fire for failing to disclose the deaths of several minors in a military operation. Guillermo Botero submitted his resignation to President Iván Duque on Tuesday evening, citing the current “political circumstances.”

• Saturday, August 31st 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  Colombia sends “clear message” to dissident FARC: in a raid nine narco-terrorists are killed

  

  Colombian troops killed nine FARC dissidents in a raid on Friday in what the president said was “a clear message” to their leaders who have formally rejected a 2016 peace agreement and announced a return to arms. President Ivan Duque said he had authorized the military operation in rural areas of Colombia's south.

• Saturday, February 3rd 2018 - 16:31 UTC

  Venezuelan police radio recording reveals that Oscar Pérez would have surrendered before dying

  

  In audio filtered to Univisión (1), the radio transmission among the Venezuelan police forces that participated on the morning of January 15 in the capture operation against a revolt pilot Óscar Pérez and six of his companions carried out outside of Caracas is revealed. In the revealed material, the commander of the operation, Major of the National Guard Rafael Bastardo confirms his surrender.