Western Hemisphere
María Luisa Chiappe, Colombia's ambassador in Venezuela, said Tuesday that beyond the complaints of the Venezuelan government against Bogotá, after the murder of 10 people, mostly Colombians, in the border, the event was "unprecedented" and showed that the border region is "highly dangerous."

Chiappe said in an interview with Caracol, a Colombian radio station, she had no reports about the suspected presence of Colombian state security agents, members of the Security Administrative Department (DAS) in Venezuela and therefore, she could not confirm it.

On Monday, the Venezuelan government submitted a notice of protest accusing Colombia of using its state security agents to spy.

"I have no personal knowledge of the fact that DAS members are undertaking such activities in Venezuela. I am not going to speculate and I will not fall into provocations. I think that the massacre is the most important fact, where 10 people were the victims," eight of them from Colombia, one Venezuelan and one Peruvian, the Colombian ambassador said, as reported by AP.

"Whatever the author (of the massacre) is, it is an extremely serious matter, because these are unprecedented events that show us that the border (between Colombia and Venezuela) has become a highly dangerous place. The two countries need to address this issue," she said.

"I do not know (if the eight Colombians) were illegally in Venezuela, but at this moment it does not matter," the top diplomat said.