Colombian rebels have used Venezuela’s side of the 2,300km border for years as a haven to resupply and treat their wounded, creating friction with Bogota.
Tachira’s state police are incapable of confronting the illegal groups, Perez said, because Venezuela’s government confiscated all of its assault rifles, leaving roughly half of the state’s 2,700-officer force with old .38 caliber revolvers.
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