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  • Two journalists and two activists have been missing for almost a day after an encounter with the Venezuelan military in a conflict zone, various sources said on Thursday. Venezuelan journalists Luis Gonzalo Perez and Rafael Hernandez, who work for the Colombian NTN24 TV channel, and two activists from the Fundaredes NGO "have been detained and incomunicado for 20 hours," the SNTP national press workers union said on Twitter. "We don't know where they are, how they are or which branch of the security forces has them." The group were in a town called La Victoria in the western Apure state on the border with Colombia. It was the scene of clashes 10 days ago between Venezuelan military and suspected Colombian marxist guerrillas that left six "terrorists" and two soldiers dead, according to authorities. The journalists and activists were detained at 12:30 pm on Wednesday, said the SNTP, one of Venezuela's main press unions. Communication with them was lost four hours later. "They were held by the National Guard ... and taken to the Guard's control post. That's where we lost contact," Javier Tarazona, the Fundaredes director, told AFP. Authorities have not commented on the disappearances and when contacted by AFP, the government did not respond. "Human rights violations are continuing in Apure, this time against journalists simply for reporting on the truth of what's happening in that area," opposition leader Juan Guaido tweeted. Colombian authorities have claimed the confrontation was a Venezuelan military strike against dissident FARC rebels. Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro recently admitted that FARC dissidents could be responsible for the killing of civilians and clashes with Venezuelan armed forces in the border area. Bogota has long accused Caracas of shielding leftist rebels on its soil, a charge Maduro denies. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) signed a historic peace agreement in 2016 to end a half century of armed conflict. But some guerrilla fighters refused to join the peace process and have continued their struggle, while also mixing with and battling drug-traffickers in lawless areas of Colombia, including close to the Venezuelan border. atm/pgf/mps/bc
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  • Two Venezuelan journalists 'detained' in conflict zone
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