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Agence France-Presse (AFP)

Guyana Army Helicopter Missing Near Tense Border With Venezuela

Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro. The long-running dispute over Essequibo, which comprises some two-thirds of Guyanese territory, has intensified since ExxonMobil discovered oil there in 2015. (Credit: AFP)

A Guyanese army helicopter with seven people on board was reported missing Wednesday near the border with Venezuela, an official said, as tensions between the two neighbors soar over a disputed oil-rich territory.

Guyanese Army Chief of Staff Omar Khan told a press conference that contact had been lost with the helicopter shortly after takeoff in bad weather, adding he had "no information to suggest that" Venezuela had been involved.

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