Posted on 10/26/2009 9:10:42 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Soccer team slayings fuel Venezuela-Colombia rift
Enrique Andres Pretel REUTERS NEWS AGENCY
CARACAS, Venezuela | Venezuela said Sunday that at least 10 members of an amateur Colombian soccer team had been found dead after being kidnapped on its side of the border.
The slayings added another complication to fractious ties between the two South American neighbors.
Venezuela's leftist president, Hugo Chavez, further stirred things up by calling the Colombian defense minister a "mental retard."
Venezuela broke off relations and minimized trade with Colombia earlier this year because of the country's acceptance of U.S. military bases on its soil. Colombia is one of the main U.S. allies in the region, while Mr. Chavez is a highly vocal critic of Washington.
The bodies of the Colombian soccer players, seized Oct. 11, had bullet wounds and were found in western Tachira state, Venezuelan Vice President Ramon Carrizales told reporters.
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Another one of the left’s poster boys. How truly touchy-feely of him. So compassionate and mature. Chavez displays the typical low leftist ratio of knowledge/ego.
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