Colombian Airstrikes Target Drug Cartel Militants Near Venezuelan Border

Colombia has launched airstrikes against militants of a drug trafficking group near the Venezuelan border, according to an Agence France-Presse (AFP) report citing a source in the country’s Ministry of Defense. “The Colombian military conducted bombing operations near the Venezuelan border,” the source said. Nine militants were killed as a result of the strikes, with the operation in the Colombian department of Arauca carried out as part of President Gustavo Petro’s fight against drug traffickers.