CrashOut
by Ioan Grillo
Colombian
Troops Counter Guerrillas Crossing From Venezuela
I rode
with Colombian forces the day after U.S. forces nabbed Maduro and report from
the Venezuelan border
Ioan
Grillo
Jan 05,
2026
∙ Paid
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A
Colombian colonel in charge of troops on the Venezuela border was woken in the
early hours on Saturday with news that U.S. planes were bombing Caracas. He was
soon in a call with the Colombian minister of defense and President Gustavo
Petro to plan counter maneuvers. As it emerged that U.S. special forces had
nabbed President Nicolás Maduro, 30,000 Colombian soldiers and police were sent
to reinforce troops on the 2,200 km (1300 mile) border that crosses over
mountains and jungles between the South American nations of Colombia and
Venezuela.
Arriving
at the border on Sunday, the day after the U.S. military took Maduro in what
they dubbed “Operation Absolute Resolve,” I rode along with some of these
Colombian soldiers to patrol roads close to the line in heavily armored
vehicles. An officer there confirmed to me that they had information on the
movement of large numbers of guerillas crossing from Venezuela into Colombia
following the U.S. strike. The Colombian troop surge, he said, was…
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