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After the Venezuelan Armed Forces reported this Saturday that it has in its possession three combat boats with emblems of the Colombian Navy, the leader of the Venezuelan regime, Nicolás Maduro, declared that “it is up to the President of Colombia to request the return of this military team.”
Maduro, in a televised address, explained that the Blivarian Guard realized that there were three boats in Venezuelan waters and that they have them “in a safe harbor”.
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The regime’s leader added that he instructed Minister Vladimir Padrino to expect them to be officially requested. “We, in compliance with our ethics of international law, being requested by President Duque to President Maduro will be returned immediately,” he said.
According to the versions of the Colombian National Navy, Through a statement, it was explained that three of the Institution’s artillery boats, which were moored on the banks of the Meta River, in the department of Vichada, on the border with Venezuela, were swept away by the current in the early hours of this Saturday.
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In this document, the Institution added: “The fact occurred when the sentry in charge of the safety of the boats realized that, due to the effects of the strong current, the boats were dragged by the river, without having the opportunity to recover them. this situation, the displacement of Units of the Naval Force of the East of the Colombian Navy was ordered for the recovery of the boats ”.
In addition, the Colombian Navy detailed that the sentry in charge of the safety of the boats realized this morning that, due to the effects of the strong fluvial current, the boats were “dragged by the river, without having the opportunity to recover them.”
Due to the mishap, the displacement of members of the Naval Force of the East was ordered “for the recovery of the boats, but given the proximity to Venezuela they were taken by the river entering the territory of this country, which prevented the Colombian units their search and rescue “.
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* With information from Efe
