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Published on: 12/24/2003
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Venezuela's ambassador in Bogota, Carlos Santiago, said that the captured paramilitaries are former Colombian Army soldiers, and added that the possibility that they received help from inside Colombia is being investigated.
"They themselves said that they all are former Colombian Army reservists.Somebody must have helped them leave," he said.
Santiago reminded that the Venezuelan Pedro Carmona is in exile in Colombia.
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More than 500 military vehicles (a military convoy) came up from the bases north of Santiago to the large barracks in Iquique (Huara), approximately 100 kilometers from Pisiga. this movement of troops and vehicles is part of joint exercises by the Chilean Army.
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- Between March 12 and 14, 2004, they rise from North of Santiago to Huara, nearly 400 armed vehicles some with rockets (on the backs of trailers), with motors reconditioned to operate at more than 3,500 meters above sea level.