Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Colombia denies Venezuelan claim that its troops crossed border

Colombia's defense minister on Sunday denied a Venezuelan claim that Colombian troops had crossed into that neighboring country.

"I've investigated and there was no incursion," Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos told Bogota-based Caracol radio. Rough terrain along the border would have "made it practically impossible for (the incursion) to have happened the way they say it happened," he said.

But Venezuelan Information Minister Andres Izarra told Venezuelan state television that officials had photographs showing "a military incursion in our territory."

Venezuela's foreign ministry sent Colombia a diplomatic note …

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