Overview
- The bombardment struck a wooded camp in Buena Vista del Meta, Apure, on Friday, October 30, according to local NGO accounts and shared video.
- Fundaredes supplied AFP with video showing multiple bodies, damaged trees, and ruined camp structures that local residents identified as an ELN site.
- Three sources close to the operation and local officials reported at least 19 bodies taken to San Fernando, while earlier counts by Fundaredes noted nine corpses.
- Reporting says the strike involved Venezuelan military aircraft and drones and took place as Colombia, with U.S. support, pursues a wider offensive against armed groups.
- Venezuelan authorities have not publicly confirmed the attack and the episode has increased fear on the ground and raised risks of further cross-border tensions and diplomatic fallout.