The Colombian and Venezuelan governments have deployed military personnel and indigenous armoured vehicles to combat separatist and drug-trafficking groups operating along their shared border. Violence in the region has increased since 2021 as the government-to-government relationship between Caracas and Bogota has worsened, the Venezuelan migration crisis increased, and criminal organisations moved into new areas.

In Colombia, 240 soldiers trained in rural and urban warfare and assigned to the 8th Division arrived in the Arauca department in early February. Overall, 7,000 military personnel and 1,120 police officers have been deployed to Arauca, according to the Colombian Ministry of National Defence.

The Colombian and Venezuelan governments have deployed military personnel and indigenous armoured vehicles to combat separatist and drug-trafficking groups operating along their shared border. Violence in the region has increased since 2021 as the government-to-government relationship between Caracas and Bogota has worsened, the Venezuelan migration crisis increased, and criminal organisations moved into new areas.

In Colombia, 240 soldiers trained in rural and urban warfare and assigned to the 8th Division arrived in the Arauca department in early February. Overall, 7,000 military personnel and 1,120 police officers have been deployed to Arauca, according to the Colombian Ministry of National Defence.

The Colombian and Venezuelan governments have deployed military personnel and indigenous armoured vehicles to combat separatist and drug-trafficking groups operating along their shared border. Violence in the region has increased since 2021 as the government-to-government relationship between Caracas and Bogota has worsened, the Venezuelan migration crisis increased, and criminal organisations moved into new areas.

In Colombia, 240 soldiers trained in rural and urban warfare and assigned to the 8th Division arrived in the Arauca department in early February. Overall, 7,000 military personnel and 1,120 police officers have been deployed to Arauca, according to the Colombian Ministry of National Defence.

The Colombian and Venezuelan governments have deployed military personnel and indigenous armoured vehicles to combat separatist and drug-trafficking groups operating along their shared border. Violence in the region has increased since 2021 as the government-to-government relationship between Caracas and Bogota has worsened, the Venezuelan migration crisis increased, and criminal organisations moved into new areas.

In Colombia, 240 soldiers trained in rural and urban warfare and assigned to the 8th Division arrived in the Arauca department in early February. Overall, 7,000 military personnel and 1,120 police officers have been deployed to Arauca, according to the Colombian Ministry of National Defence.

The Colombian and Venezuelan governments have deployed military personnel and indigenous armoured vehicles to combat separatist and drug-trafficking groups operating along their shared border. Violence in the region has increased since 2021 as the government-to-government relationship between Caracas and Bogota has worsened, the Venezuelan migration crisis increased, and criminal organisations moved into new areas.

In Colombia, 240 soldiers trained in rural and urban warfare and assigned to the 8th Division arrived in the Arauca department in early February. Overall, 7,000 military personnel and 1,120 police officers have been deployed to Arauca, according to the Colombian Ministry of National Defence.

The Colombian and Venezuelan governments have deployed military personnel and indigenous armoured vehicles to combat separatist and drug-trafficking groups operating along their shared border. Violence in the region has increased since 2021 as the government-to-government relationship between Caracas and Bogota has worsened, the Venezuelan migration crisis increased, and criminal organisations moved into new areas.

In Colombia, 240 soldiers trained in rural and urban warfare and assigned to the 8th Division arrived in the Arauca department in early February. Overall, 7,000 military personnel and 1,120 police officers have been deployed to Arauca, according to the Colombian Ministry of National Defence.