Venezuela protests Colombian troop "incursion"

[Judi Lynn]

Venezuela protests Colombian troop "incursion"
Sat May 17, 2008 7:08pm EDT

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela accused 60 Colombian troops on Saturday of entering just inside its territory in what it said was a provocation by a warmongering government seeking to destabilize the region.

In an incident likely to stoke already high tensions between the two South American neighbors, Venezuela said the soldiers were intercepted 500 yards over the border and immediately made to return to the Colombian side.

Colombia did not immediately react to the accusation.

The alleged incursion occurred on Friday, a day after President Hugo Chavez vowed to review diplomatic and trade ties following an Interpol investigation that helped reinforce Colombian charges he supports Marxist guerrillas in Colombia.

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