Colombia sends troops to the Venezuela frontier after U.S. strikes that allegedly captured Maduro

President Gustavo Petro announced Saturday that Colombian security forces are being deployed to the border with Venezuela following U.S. military actions that, according to Donald Trump, resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Petro branded Washington’s move an “assault on the sovereignty” of Latin America and warned it could spark a humanitarian crisis. While stressing that dialogue is still possible, he posted on X that the “deployment of the security forces” is aimed at preserving stability along the frontier. He did not reference Maduro’s capture, even though the Venezuelan leader is a close ally. Earlier, Petro called for an urgent meeting of the OAS and the UN—where Colombia currently holds a non‑permanent seat—to assess the legality of the U.S. aggression. Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez said the forces have been placed on full alert to thwart any terrorist incursions by groups such as the National Liberation Army. An AFP correspondent noted that the main crossing remained calm. Petro, a longtime critic of Trump’s Caribbean drug‑war deployments, also warned against possible U.S. strikes on Colombian drug labs, calling them a threat of invasion 

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