Colombia deploys troops to Venezuela border after US attacks

The Colombian Government has deployed military forces to the Venezuelan border after US strikes that resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro alongside his wife.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said this on Saturday Washington’s actions as an assault on the sovereignty of Latin America and said they would result in a humanitarian crisis

While proposing that the situation could be resolved through dialogue, Petro made no mention of Maduro’s capture, despite the Venezuelan leader being one of his government’s closest allies in the region.

He had earlier requested an immediate meeting of the Organization of American States, OAS, and the UN to establish the international legality of the aggression by the United States.

DAILY POST reports that Colombia holds a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council this year, which led to its call for the body to be convened.

Petro has been a vocal critic of military deployments ordered by Trump in the Caribbean to fight alleged drug trafficking vessels.

Petro added in other posts to social media that he had put measures in place to “preserve stability at the border.”

Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez said the security forces had activated all capacities to prevent any attempted terrorist attack” at the border by illegal groups such as the National Liberation Army.

Trump, as part of his anti-drug strategy, recently said he would not rule out striking drug-production laboratories in Colombia, which Petro condemned as a threat of invasion at the time.