Venezuelan Military Claims Victory Over Colombian Armed Camps Amid Border Insecurity

The Venezuelan National Bolivarian Armed Forces (FANB) recently announced it has destroyed over ten camps linked to so-called “tancol” groups—an acronym coined by Caracas to describe armed Colombian narcoterrorists operating along its porous border. This claim, made by Operational Strategic Commander Domingo Hernández Lárez, raises urgent questions about the state of national security on a critical international frontier directly impacting U.S. interests. How Secure Is Venezuela's Southern Border? Spanning more than 2,200 kilometers, the Colombia-Venezuela border remains a hotspot for illicit activity. Hernández Lárez boasted that these camps were dismantled across this extensive border but offered no substantial details. Skepticism...