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Article: Venezuelans in border towns live in terror from Colombia's war.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- June 21, 2003
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Byline: Gary Marx
LA COOPERATIVA, Venezuela _ Three months after a deadly attack by Colombian paramilitary forces was repelled by the Venezuelan military, residents of this small border community are making their way back home to rebuild their lives in the shadow of war.
The impoverished farmers and fishermen said they would rather be somewhere else as Colombia's deadly mix of right-wing paramilitary groups, leftist guerrillas and drug traffickers spills across the border into their district. Many said they had no choice but to return.
"What else can we do?" asked Miguel Duran, sitting next to the charred remains of the town's health clinic and ...