After Deadly Assault on Guerrillas, Chávez Orders Troops to Colombian Border

Calling a Colombian military strike that killed a guerrilla commander "a cowardly assassination," Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez on Sunday closed his country's embassy in Colombia and ordered tanks, planes and thousands of troops to the 1,300-mile border the two countries share.
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Juan Forero

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