2018 Amazonas ambush

{{Short description|Ambush of Venezuelan border guards}}

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| location = Amazonas, Venezuela

| target = Venezuelan border guards

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| date = {{start date|2018|11|4}}

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| fatalities = 3

| injuries = 10

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The 2018 Amazonas ambush occurred on 4 November 2018 when three Venezuelan border guards were killed and ten were wounded in a suspected Colombian ELN guerrilla attack in the Venezuelan Amazonas state. The Venezuelan government accused the Colombian government of being unable to control its armed groups, while Colombian officials have stated that the ELN and other armed groups use the Venezuelan territory as a refuge to evade its own armed forces, often with the tolerance of local authorities.{{Cite news|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20181105-venezuela-blames-colombia-after-border-ambush-kills-three|title=Venezuela blames Colombia after border ambush kills three|accessdate=2018-11-05|publisher=France 24}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/venezuelan-defense-minister-border-ambush-kills-3-soldiers/2018/11/05/62e375e0-e156-11e8-ba30-a7ded04d8fac_story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106022914/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/venezuelan-defense-minister-border-ambush-kills-3-soldiers/2018/11/05/62e375e0-e156-11e8-ba30-a7ded04d8fac_story.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-11-06|title=Venezuelan defense minister: Border ambush kills 3 soldiers|newspaper=Washington Post|accessdate=2018-11-05}}