Colombian Paramilitary Gunned Down on Venezuela's Border

Caracas, Jul 1 (Prensa Latina) The political protector of the Venezuelan border state of Tachira, Freddy Bernal, reported that during a confrontation between the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) and the Scientific, Penal and Criminal Investigations Corps (CICPC), a Colombian paramilitary was gunned down.

The Venezuelan leader posted on his Twitter account on Sunday that the paramilitary belonged to the criminal gang known as El Paisa and La Linea, based in Colombia.

Bernal reported that the armed action occurred in the Aguas Calientes sector in Pedro Maria Ureña municipality, located in the Tachira demarcation, bordering Colombia.

Bernal, who is also the National Coordinator of the Local Supply and Production Committees (CLAP), congratulated through Twitter the personnel who participated in the action.

The procedure is part of the deployment of the Citizen Security Device that the Bolivarian government is carrying out, he said.

Bernal said that the different State security agencies remain alert and deployed in the border area, to stop the incursion of armed groups outside the law and ensure peace and tranquility of the Venezuelans.