Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs Nicolás Maduro
reported that he would call US Ambassador Patrick Duddy to
provide a rationale for an alleged incursion of a US military
aircraft into Venezuelan territory.
Defense Minister Gustavo Rangel Briceño said that the
plane of the US army was found in Venezuelan air space near
the Caribbean island of La Orchila, AP reported.
Maduro said that the US ambassador was called to explain
about the incident of last Saturday.
The Venezuelan authorities gave the news on Monday in a press
conference, where they expressed also concern about an alleged
deployment of Colombian troops on the Venezuelan-Colombian
border. The Colombian Defense Minister has denied the claim.