Venezuela deploys 150,000 military border with Colombia

Venezuela will mobilize about 150,000 troops in military exercises started this Tuesday in the border with Colombia, in the middle of renewed tensions between Caracas Y Bogota, announced the dome of the Armed Forces.

Tanks, armored vehicles loaded with missiles and dozens of soldiers they started the deployment in the La Fría airport, in the state Tachira (West). The 2,200 km border maneuvers, ordered by the president Nicolás Maduro after report a supposed plot to drive a "military conflict", They will run until September 28.

The government of Colombia has denied having any plan against Venezuela, calling this Tuesday to "serenity" before the escalation of accusations.

"The Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) is a peace force (…) We respect the armed forces from all over the world, but we don't have him fear nobody, "the chief of the Strategic Operational Command, Admiral Remigio Ceballos, told reporters at the beginning of the exercises in the Airport Runway.

On Tuesday of last week, Mature accused Colombia of using the reset of dissenters of the demobilized FARC guerrillas in a "maneuver" to "start a military conflict"between both countries and declared a border alert.

This after the Colombian president, Ivan Duke, will accuse the Venezuelan government of giving shelter to irregular armed groups.

"We call all Colombians to have the serenity of the case, to know that we have a sufficiently equipped and capable public force. We must not attend to this threatWell, it would be foolish to think that it could be real, "Colombian Vice President Marta Lucía Ramírez said Tuesday.

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Since taking office in 2013 after the death of the socialist leader Hugo Chavez, Mature He has repeatedly accused U.S and countries like Colombia of plans to overthrow it, kill him or generate violence in Venezuela.

The Armed Forces, likewise, perform frequently military exercises

The opposition leader Juan Guaidó, Head of Parliament recognized as president in charge of Venezuela by fifty countries, including Colombia, accused Mature of stirring tensions between Caracas and Bogotá, who lack ambassadors since February, to "distract attention" from international pressure for political changes.

Venezuela has about 365,000 military personnel and 1.6 million civilian militiamen.