Colombia thanks the Venezuela government for its anti-terror cooperation

www.vheadline.com Posted: Sunday, March 02, 2003 By: Robert Rudnicki

Following weeks of calls by the Colombian government for Venezuela to play a greater role in helping its neighbor to fight guerilla groups and terrorists using Venezuela as a base, Colombian officials have thanked Venezuela for its assistance in preventing a major terrorist attack. 

• Colombian intelligence discovered that a cargo of explosives was heading from Venezuelan territory to Colombia and called upon the Venezuelan National Armed Forces for assistance.

A Colombian government statement read "the Air Force and the army discovered 48 hours ago, through intelligence sources, that a vehicle carrying explosives was on Venezuelan territory."

When Venezuelan authorities were informed of the fact they quickly arrived at the location, near the Colombian border, and upon inspecting the car discovered 1,500 kilos of explosives.

Four Colombian men were arrested and handed over to the Colombian army.