Venezuela issued an official protest to neighboring Colombia on Saturday denouncing an alleged cross-border raid by Colombian soldiers

Venezuela issued an official protest to neighboring Colombia on Saturday denouncing an alleged cross-border raid by Colombian soldiers, AFP reported.
The Venezuelan protest, which the government made public, said that a 60-man Colombian unit was 'intercepted' just beyond the border inside Venezuelan territory on Friday.
Venezuela called on Colombia to 'immediately halt these violations of international rights and of Venezuelan sovereignty and territorial integrity.'
The soldiers were allegedly stopped 800 meters (yards) on the Venezuelan side of the border with Colombia in the southeastern state of Apure, the statement read.