Colombia misinformed UN over guerrilla activity in Venezuela: report
Colombia misinformed UN over guerrilla activity in Venezuela: report
by Adriaan Alsema September 26, 2019
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque on Thursday misinformed the United Nations about ELN activity in Venezuela, local media reported.
Duque presented a report about Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s alleged ties to Colombian guerrillas, but this report contained false information, according to newspaper El Colombiano.
The government claimed that a photo of ELN guerrillas playing with children was taken in Venezuela in 2018, but the newspaper said that military intelligence sources provided the photo to the newspaper in 2015, claiming it was taken in the southwestern Cauca province.
Duque’s misinformation machine crashes
The misinformation given to the United Nations adds to alleged misinformation provided to the Organization of American States (OAS) by Foreign Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo.
The minister was forced to retract his unsubstantiated claim made at the OAS that a reintegrating FARC rebel leader took part in alleged activity of dissident FARC leader “Ivan Marquez” in Venezuela.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/duque-misinformed-un-over-eln-in-venezuela-report/
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