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Colombia, Venezuela launch joint operation to counter guerrilla groups
FRANCE 24 English
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2/1/2025
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Standing in front of his lined-up troops,
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Venezuela's defense minister launched Operation Catacombo Blitz.
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This caught our attention so we decided to launch this operation precisely to
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prevent the access of groups, whatever they're called, to the Venezuelan territory
00:22
and also to guarantee the proper functioning of the internal order, the democratic stability.
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Venezuela is assigning 5,000 troops to the Catacombo region on the border with Colombia.
00:37
The coordinated offensive hopes to recover territory lost to guerrilla group ELN
00:42
and other organized crime groups.
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This comes only a few weeks after some of Colombia's worst clashes in recent history,
00:49
which saw the collapse of a fragile truce between rebel groups
00:52
vying for control of one of the country's largest cocaine hubs.
00:57
Fearing for their lives, these Catacombo residents have had to flee the violence.
01:02
Living in tents on the Bolívar Square in Colombia's capital Bogotá,
01:06
they hope their encampment will encourage the government to act.
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What can I tell you? We all left because we feared for our lives.
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We demand guarantees because the people who are returning to our territory are
01:20
not being allowed in. We have no house, no food and nowhere to sleep.
01:26
We want peace. We demand it. We shouldn't have to pay what we don't owe.
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Recent violence in the Catacombo region has left dozens dead
01:37
and has displaced around 48,000 people since mid-January.
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Catacombo is home to drug trafficking routes and plantations of coca,
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the main ingredient in cocaine.
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