Venezuelan forces attacked by paramilitaries: Chavez

[struggle4progress]

Monday, 22 June 2009 07:31 Adriaan Alsema

Colombian paramilitaries attacked Venezuelan security forces on Venezuelan territory, the country's President Hugo Chavez said Sunday.

"Last night they informed me that there had been a shooting <when> Bolivarian law enforcement, intelligence were following a trail," Chavez said.

According to the Venezuelan President, the officials were taken under fire between the Zulia and Tachira state, that are both governed by opposition politicians.

"<There are> many signs of a paramilitary force" in this region, Chavez said and continued to accuse the two governors of trying to undermine federal authority in the region through the depolyment of of Colombian paramilitary forces ... http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/4653-venezuelan-forces-attacked-by-paramilitaries-chavez.html

[Judi Lynn]

1. Thanks for posting this info. Have heard rumblings about these two thugs earlier.

This would be a good article to save for future reference, as without a doubt we'll continue to hear their names, and it would be good to be able to recognize and identify them both.

Ugly, ugly people.

http://www.venezuelanalysis.com.nyud.net:8090/files/images/2009/03/pablo_perez_manuel_rosales_mar25_%2009.jpg

Zulia Governor Pablo Perez (with microphone), former Zulia Governor Manuel
Rosales (right), the Mayor of Greater Caracas Antonio Ledezma, and other
opposition leaders. (YVKE)

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