Venezuelan soldiers set off explosions to destroy airstrip used by drug traffickers

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An aerial view shows a clandestine airstrip used for drug smuggling after it was destroyed in a military operation, approximately 22 miles from the border with Colombia, in the state of Apure on Thursday.Carlos Garcia Rawlins / Reuters

May 31, 2012, 7:32 PM EDT

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A clandestine airstrip used for drug smuggling is destroyed.Carlos Garcia Rawlins / Reuters

Venezuelan Interior Minister Tarek El aissami (C) watches the debris of an aircraft during an operation to destroy clandestine airstrip used by drug traffickers in Apure on Thursday. In the frame of the operationJuan Barreto / AFP - Getty Images

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