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Venezuelan People & Army Deployed to Confront Colombian Paramilitary Violence in La Gabarra

January 17, 2022January 17, 2022 orinocotribune 10th Front, Apure state, Arauca, Bolívar and Zamora Revolutionary Current (CRBZ), CEOFANB, Colombia, Colombian civil war, Colombian paramilitary violence, Communes, CRBZ, Drug Trafficking, ELE, FANB, farc, Guasdualito, Jose Maria Romero, La Gabarra, military deployment, Venezuela

The presence of Colombian paramilitary gangs since last Friday in La Gabarra, a town bordering Colombia in Venezuela’s Apure state,

Colombian Defense Minister Diego Molano. Photo: HispanTV.

International News

Russia Already Camping in Venezuela ‘for Months,’ Claims Colombian Defense Minister

January 15, 2022 orinocotribune Arauca, Colombian paramilitary violence, Cuba, Diego Molano, Drug Trafficking, military deployment, nato, Russia, Ukraine, US, Venezuela

Amid the escalation between Russia and US-led NATO, Colombia claims to have evidence of ongoing military cooperation between Moscow and

The FANB of Venezuela captures a member of paramilitary drug-trafficking group on the border with Colombia who was carrying weapons and explosives used for drug trafficking purposes. Photo by GNB.

News Security and Defense

Armed Terrorist Arrested by Venezuelan Authorities at Colombia Border

January 7, 2022January 7, 2022 orinocotribune Arauca, Arauquita, CEOFANB, Colombia, Colombian paramilitary violence, Drug Trafficking, FANB, Tancol, Zulia

This Thursday, January 6, Venezuelan authorities reported the arrest of a terrorist drug trafficker from Colombian paramilitary and seizure of

Paramilitary soldiers showing their weapons and ammunition in the Colombian jungle. Paramilitary gangs, former guerrilla groups and active guerrillas are the environment were endemic violence is cultivated in Colombia with a Civil War lasting more than 6 decades. File photo.

Latin America and ALBA-TCP News South America

Death Toll from Paramilitary Violence in Colombia Rises to 27

January 6, 2022 orinocotribune Arauca, Arauquita, Boyaca, Civil War, Colombia, colombian paramilitary, Colombian paramilitary violence, ELN, farc, Francisco Barbosa, Saravena

The Colombian Attorney General’s Office confirmed that from last Sunday until Wednesday, January 5, it found 27 bodies in rural

Venezuelan military personnel supervising the arrival of Colombians escaping recent violent clashes between paramilitary drug trafficking groups in Arauca (Colombia). Photo by Twitter/ @vladimirpadrino.

News Security and Defense

Venezuela Aids Colombians Displaced by Violence in Arauca

January 5, 2022 José Manuel Blanco Diaz Apure, Arauca, Arauquita, Botalon, CEOFANB, Colombia, Colombian paramilitary violence, Domingo Hernandez Larez, Forul, Savarena, Tame, Venezuela, Vladimir Padrino

Groups of displaced Colombians from the Arauquita municipality in the department of Arauca, Colombia, received proper care from the Bolivarian

Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino. File photo.

News Security and Defense

Violence in Colombia Near Venezuelan Border Raises Military Alert

January 4, 2022 José Manuel Blanco Diaz Arauca, Arauquita, Botalon, Colombian paramilitary violence, ELN, FANB, farc, forced displacement, Forul, Ivan Duque, Mayerly Briceño, Saravena, Tame, Tancol, US military bases, Vladimir Padrino

A new wave of violence and terror was unleashed yesterday in Colombia near its border with Venezuela, in the department

Venezuela's Bolivarian National Guard agents aligned alongside their motorcycles. File photo.

News Security and Defense

Seven Individuals with Ties to Colombian Paramilitary Gangs Captured in Venezuela

November 4, 2021 orinocotribune Barinas, Cesar Enrique Sandías Laguna, Colombia, Colombian paramilitary violence, Edinson Jesús Estrada Salas, Ender Yovanny Ayala Torres, Jackson Gabriel Perozo Alfaro, Jet-A1 fuel, jets, José Rodrigo Pacheco Pineda, Luis Magdaleno Morillo Baloa, Nidia Teresa Conde Hernández, Sabaneta, Venezuela

The Bolivarian National Guard captured seven individuals in Barinas state, allegedly linked to Colombian paramilitary terrorist groups, according to Venezuelan

UN General Assembly floor. File photo courtesy of Xinhua / Wang Ying.

International News

Ambassador Moncada: Colombia and US Try to Export Civil War to Venezuela

October 12, 2021 orinocotribune Civil War, Colombia, Colombian paramilitary violence, drug traficking, Samuel Moncada, UN, united nations, US Imperialism, Venezuela

Venezuela’s Ambassador to the United Nations (UN), Samuel Moncada, detailed this Monday, October 11, that a letter he delivered to

Duque made the announcement alongside the US ambassador to his country. Photo EFE

Latin America and ALBA-TCP News South America

Colombia’s Duque to Grant Refuge to Afghans Heading to the United States: But the Problem is Venezuela With Imaginary Al-Qaeda Terrorists

August 22, 2021August 28, 2021 Jesús Rodríguez-Espinoza Afghanistan, Colombia, Colombia destabilizing the region, Colombian paramilitary violence, Ivan Duque, mercenaries, Operation Gideon, Paro Nacional, Philip Goldberg, Subpresident Duque, Taliban, US decline, Venezuela, xenophobia

Caracas, August 21, 2021 (OrinocoTribune.com)—The President of Colombia, Iván Duque, confirmed this Friday, August 20, that his country will provide

Latin America and ALBA-TCP Opinion South America

Juvenicide: A Crime of the Multidimensional War in Colombia

August 15, 2021 Maria Fernanda Barreto Cali, class war, Colombia, Colombia always being a US ppupet, Colombian paramilitary violence, Corporate media, ESMAD, Forced disappearance, genocide, human rights violations, juvenicide, lawfare, Media Disinformation, Paro Nacional, police repression, Primera Línea, state terrorism, uribismo, US Imperialism, War on Drugs

By María Fernanda Barreto – Aug 12, 2021 At the beginning of the 1990s as the victor of the “cold

Expensive Kinko's kind of made poster in Colombia demanding for "fair trial for our heroes in Haiti", they were hired by legal 'social' security companies and they were tricked." Colombia never stops amazing people worldwide said OT's editor. Photo courtesy of RedRadioVE.

Latin America and ALBA-TCP News South America

Heroes or Murderers? Colombian Government Defends its Mercenaries

August 12, 2021 José Manuel Blanco Diaz Colombia, Colombian paramilitary violence, Diosdado Cabello, Haití, Ivan Duque, Jovenel Moise, mercenaries, mercenaries or heroes?, Rafael Guarín Cotrino

The government of Iván Duque this week spoke up in defense of the Colombian mercenaries who assassinated Haiti’s president Jovenel

Poster with the image of Carlos Lanz. Photo courtesy of RedRadioVE.

News Security and Defense

Where is Carlos Lanz? A One-Year-Old Question

August 10, 2021 orinocotribune Carlos Lanz, Colombian paramilitary violence, disappearance, INVEDECOR, unconventional war, Venezuela

On August 8, 2020, former guerrilla, teacher, and veteran activist Carlos Lanz left his home in Maracay, apparently without disturbance

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Colombian State and Paramilitarism: Salvatore Mancuso’s Tell-all Declaration Before Truth Commission

August 7, 2021 José Manuel Blanco Diaz Assassination of Colombian social leaders, auc, Colombia, Colombia is a state sponsor of terrorism, Colombian armed gangs, Colombian paramilitary violence, crimes against humanity, human rights violations, Salvatore Mancuso, Truth Commission

Salvatore Mancuso, demobilized and imprisoned Colombian paramilitary leader, has provided detailed testimony on how the Colombian government is closely linked