CARACAS, Wednesday October 28, 2009 | Update
Western Hemisphere
A new body was found on Wednesday by a police commission in the western state of Táchira. According to reports, the man could be part of the group who was abducted on the Venezuela-Colombia border.
Until Tuesday, Venezuelan authorities concluded that five Colombians and one Venezuelan had been killed. The new body was located about 500 meters away from the place where the police discovered the first bodies.
Although the authorities have not confirmed the name, they consider that the body of the young man, about 25 years old, could be José Luis Arenas, who was reported missing. The decomposed body had a bullet in his head and was tied.
04:20 PM. Western Hemisphere. Colombian President Álvaro Uribe said on Tuesday that governments should ensure citizens' rights to live on the border, in reference to a political and diplomatic crisis with Venezuela and its effects on border residents.