Venezuela announces the deployment of the National Armed Forces of Bolivia throughout the Gray Plains as part of the military operation, following the instructions of the Strategic Operational Command.
The operation includes patrols and destruction of camps allegedly used by irregular armed groups along the border with Colombia's Arauca and Wicheda departments. Caracas says the deployment is aimed at disrupting illegal logistics networks, including secret air routes, drug labs and collection centers, while combating cattle rustling, extortion, kidnapping and fuel trafficking.