Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks at a ceremony aimed at decorating special forces, Caracas, Aug. 28, 2025.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro deploys 25,000 troops to the border with Colombia in order to reinforce operations amid threats.
In explanations shared on Sunday on his account in X, the president reported the dispatch of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) to reinforce the Operations of the Rapid Reaction Units (URRAS) in the Binational Peace Zone with Colombia and the Caribbean façade.
“This mobilization has as its primary objective the defense of national sovereignty, the security of the country and the struggle for peace,” Maduro emphasized.
After the announcement, Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino confirmed the military mobilization in five states of the country, on the “Caribbean façade” and the “Atlantic.”
He stressed that the Venezuelan Navy and Air Force will continue to patrol national spaces in the area in defense of the country’s territorial sovereignty.
“No one is going to come and do the work for us. No one is going to set foot on this earth, do. What it is up to us to do. So we are in perfect harmony with the people and their desire for peace and victory, peace and victory,” he said.
The Minister of the Interior, Diosdado Cabello, had already reported last August the deployment of 15,000 troops in the states of Zulia and Táchira, both bordering Colombia with the ultimate goal of combating criminal groups.
In this context, Padrino stated that initially, 10,000 men patrolled these areas, and now, a total of 25,000 troops deployed “with naval, river means” and drones monitor the area.
The Venezuelan government’s decision to reinforce its military presence in the area comes at a time when the United States has redoubled its forces in the Caribbean region, near Venezuelan waters, under the excuse of the fight against drug trafficking, but it is considered a pressure maneuver against the Maduro government. whom he points out as the leader of the Cartel of the Suns, a drug trafficking organization.
Caracas has categorically rejected the accusations, warning that Washington is actually seeking to “attack” Venezuela to change its regime and steal the resources of this oil-rich country.
