A Rebel Playing Field: Colombian Guerrillas on the Venezuelan Border
Channel: International Crisis Group
Date: 2021-04-29

In the jungle along the Colombian-Venezuelan frontier, guerrillas, criminals and shadowy state elements jostle for illicit profits. Venezuela’s campaign against one armed group has raised tensions. Bogotá and Caracas should temper their war of words and work to forestall an inadvertent bilateral escalation.

Crisis Group's Expert for the Andes Region Bram Ebus talks about how Colombian guerrillas, the Venezuelan Amazon and a gold mining bonanza are linked to the increasingly violent events in Venezuela’s Apure state.

* This video contains confidential material that Crisis Group has received from trusted sources and that shows the presence of Colombian armed groups in Venezuela.

Read Crisis Group's commentary: https://www.crisisgroup.org/latin-america-caribbean/andes/rebel-playing-field-colombian-guerrillas-venezuelan-border

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