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US Defense Secretary and Pentagon Chief, James Mattis, will initiate on Sunday a tour through Latin American countries. Mattis will visit Brazil, Chile, Argentina and Colombia.
The White House declared that 2018 is the “Year of the Americas” and this tour emphazises the deep links of the Department with Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Colombia.
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Borges Wanted
Venezuela asked Colombia to capture and extradite deputy Julio Borges ►The ► Venezuelan Government as- ►Venezuelan ► Chancellor Jorge ked for the extradition of four peoArreaza made the formal request ple linked to the terrorist attack. in Caracas on Thursday.
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hours after the terrorist acts happened. Venezuelan Chancellor, Jorge Arreaza received Colombia’s diplomatic representative, Augusto Blanco, to request the extradition of four terrorists that crossed to Colombian territory. Venezuela requested Borges was accused by the extradition of colonel one of the material authors Oswaldo Valentin Garcia of the attack, captured Palomo,as well as Gilbert Thursday the Venezuelan government formally requested Colombia, the capture and extradition of deputy Julio Borges, accused of participating in the assassination attempt against Nicolas Maduro.
Alberto Escalona Torrealba and Gregorio Jose Yaguas Monjet, two experts in explosives that prepared the drones. The Venezuelan government also requested the seizure of Mauricio Jiménez Pinzón, the Colombian migration officer who allowed the entrance of the terrorist group.
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Russia asks for international capture of implicated
On Thursday Russia’s government advocated the quick seizure of all those involved in the attempt to assassinate President, Nicolas Maduro. The spokesperson for the Russian Chancellery, María Zajárova, asked for international cooperation to identify the organizers and the financing sources as well. The first investigations established links between the terrorists and politcial and financial groups in the United States and Colombia. The Venezuelan Chancellor, Jorge Arreaza, said on Thursday that several of the material authors managed to cross the frontier to Colombia. Russia rejected that Venezuelan anti government forces use criminal methods and threaten security and stability in Venezuela and the whole Latin American region.