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Guyana says patrol came under fire from Venezuela; no injuries reported

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Guyana’s military said a patrol came under fire from across the Venezuelan border while escorting election officials and ballot boxes. The incident comes amid heightened tensions between the two countries and a U.S. naval deployment to the Caribbean targeting drug trafficking. A Guyanese Joint Services patrol escorting election officials and ballot boxes along the Upper Cuyuni River near the Venezuelan border came under fire on Sunday, according…

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Venezuela's Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino López said this afternoon that Guyana is seeking to encourage a “warfront” by reporting a alleged attack from its country on a ship prior to the Guian elections. Guyana says that a ship with electoral material would have been hit by the troops of President Nicolas Maduro near Bamboo, in the Cuyuni River, in Essequibo — a rich oil and mineral zone that both countries have occupied for a century.

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A patrol carrying electoral materials along the Cuyuni River, on the border with Venezuela, was targeted this Sunday by shots fired from the Venezuelan side.

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By EFE A patrol car transporting electoral materials across the Cuyuni River, on the border with Venezuela, was targeted by shots fired from the Venezuelan side this Sunday. The incident, which occurred in the disputed Essequibo region, occurred one day before the general elections in Guyana, in which President Irfaan Ali is seeking a second term. According to a statement from the Guyana Police, the patrol car that was hit was composed of member…

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Caribbean and Latin America Daily News broke the news on Sunday, August 31, 2025.
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