Western Hemisphere
Francisco Arias Cárdenas, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs for Latin America and the Caribbean, announced the arrest of several agents from the Colombian Security Administrative Department (DAS) in Venezuela.

"In the next few hours, they will be presented to the press by the Ministry of the Interior and by security forces" and they will be prosecuted by "Venezuelan courts," Arias said.

He added that the Venezuelan security forces found destabilization plans against "the government, our people, and our democracy."

Cárdenas reported the case a day after the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry filed a notice of protest against these activities. He also clarified that the note submitted on Monday had nothing to do with recent events in the state of Táchira.

"The note has nothing to do with what happened last weekend in Táchira. We deeply regret the death of these people, but a topic cannot be linked with another. The notice is related to what has been happening with members of the Colombian state security agency," the Vice Minister said.

Carolina Contreras
EL UNIVERSAL