Venezuela’s leading state prosecutor Tarek William Saab claimed this week that the neighboring country of Colombia is planning a “military invasion” as the country’s humanitarian and political crisis continues to worsen.
“In Colombia, they are planning to revive eras that had ended in human history, like military bombing, a military invasion or the occupation, through blood and gunfire, of a peaceful country like Venezuela,” Saab said on national television. “We will not allow it.”
Colombian General Alberto Jose Mejia immediately dismissed the comments on a visit to the Colombian border town of Cúcuta where tens and thousands of Venezuelan migrants are fleeing.
“Just thinking about that possibility is ridiculous,” he told reporters.