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VENEZUELAN authorities arrested 10 alleged Colombian paramilitaries on Sunday in the third day of emergency operations in Tachira state.
The arrestes were part of a crackdown announced by President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday after three soldiers hunting smugglers were wounded in a paramilitary ambush.
Mr Maduro ordered the closure of a key border crossing to Colombia and ordered an anti-smuggling sweep along the 1,400-mile border.
International solidarity can ensure that Trump and his machine cannot prevail without a level of political and economic cost that he will not want to pay, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
Colombia’s success in controlling the drug trade should be recognised and its sovereignty respected, argues Dr GLORY SAAVEDRA
Alvaro Uribe is found guilty of witness tampering and procedural fraud, reports NICK MACWILLIAM