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Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay deny
terrorism at shared border
The governments of Argentina,
Brazil and Paraguay on Thursday
rejected accusation made by a
U.S. report that the so-called
"triple frontier" where the
three nations meet is a haven
for terrorists.
The joint statement said that
the U.S. document had presented
no new evidence for their
repeated claim that terrorism
and terrorist financing operated
in the region.
The statement was issued at the
end of the three-day fifth
Plenary Meeting of the 3+1
Mechanism on Triple Frontier
Security held in Buenos Aires.
The final statement was a reply
to the United States, which was
an observer at the meeting and
has recently published a report
saying that the "triple
frontier" is home to a network
charged with collecting funds
and staff for Lebanon's
Hezbollah guerilla.
The U.S. authorities on
Wednesday froze the U.S. assets
of nine people and two
businesses in the border area,
accusing them of transferring
millions of dollars to
Hezbollah, which engaged in a
fierce fighting with Israel this
summer. Washington labeled the
organization as a terrorist
group.
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