Venezuela says 2 troops slain near Colombia border/Venezuela: pistoleros asesinan a militares

Two soldiers in Venezuela's National Guard have been shot to death near the border with Colombia. State television says unidentified assailants gunned down the soldiers at a roadside checkpoint in the western state of Tachira. It says Monday's slayings were confirmed by the National Guard and police ( full information)/ Dos efectivos de la Guardia Nacional de Venezuela fueron asesinados a tiros en un puesto de control situado en El Palotal, a mitad de camino entre las localidades venezolanas de Ureña y San Antonio (Táchira), a pocos kilómetros de la frontera colombiana( información completa)