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Venezuelan defense minister denies troops entered Colombia
Venezuelan defense minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez denied Saturday that troops from his country had intruded on Colombian territory.
Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos said Thursday he had complained to his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro about the "totally unacceptable" move by Venezuelan troops who had camped out for more than 48 hours near the Colombian border town of Arauquita.
Colombia said the troops withdrew Thursday only after Bogota's energetic protests.
But Padrino insisted that his troops had never left Venezuelan soil.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/venezuelan-defense-minister-denies-troops-entered-colombia-191453073.html
Is Venezuela trying to manufacture a wag-the-dog incident?