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| Venezuelan military that crosses the Colombian border increases to 60 |
| 2019-02-24 |
| [ELUNIVERSAL] Sixty uniformed Venezuelans have defected and crossed into Colombia this Saturday, the Colombian immigration authority reported in the midst of an escalation of tensions over the announced entry of essential aid to Venezuela. They are "60 members of the different Armed Forces of Venezuela (who) have fled the dictatorship of Maduro by Norte de Santander and Arauca, during today," said Migración Colombia in a statement. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 AP puts the defect # at 100 but says almost all low level |
| Posted by: lord garth 2019-02-24 16:20 |
| #3 if you had a nice buffet spread out for troops willing to abandon Madero, that would probably help a lot |
| Posted by: lord garth 2019-02-24 14:04 |
| #2 Keep the loyal troops close to the flag pole and you lose the questionable troops who will desert at the borders. Keep the questionable troop close to home and put the loyal troops on the borders and you risk a coup. It's sort of easier when you are literally an island. Something else when you have lots of borders. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-02-24 08:12 |
| #1 Keeping the military fed no matter how hungry the populace might be is a staple of running a military dictatorship. When you can't do that it's game over. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-02-24 03:55 |