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Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Saturday helium ordered the deployment of subject forces to the Venezuelan border, pursuing U.S. strikes that, according to Donald Trump, ended with the seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
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Mr. Petro described Washington's actions arsenic an "assault connected the sovereignty" of Latin America and said they would effect successful a humanitarian crisis
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While proposing that the concern could beryllium resolved done "dialogue," the leftist President said connected X that helium had besides ordered the "deployment of the information forces" to the Venezuelan border.
Mr. Petro made nary notation of Maduro's capture, contempt the Venezuelan person being 1 of his government's closest allies successful the region.
Earlier, the Colombian person had requested an "immediate" gathering of the Organization of American States (OAS) and the UN to "establish the planetary legality of the aggression" by the United States.
Colombia holds a non-permanent spot connected the UN Security Council this year, which led to its telephone for the assemblage to beryllium convened.
Mr. Petro has been a vocal professional of subject deployments ordered by Trump successful the Caribbean to combat alleged cause trafficking vessels.
Mr. Petro added successful different posts to societal media that helium had enactment measures successful spot to "preserve stableness astatine the border."
An AFP newsman observed mean conditions astatine the main crossing betwixt the 2 countries.
Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez said the information forces had activated "all capacities" to forestall "any attempted violent attack" astatine the borderline by amerciable groups specified arsenic the National Liberation Army.
As portion of his anti-drug strategy, Mr. Trump precocious said helium would not regularisation retired striking drug-production laboratories successful Colombia, which Petro condemned arsenic a menace of penetration astatine the time.
