CARACAS, Venezuela, Dhu-AlQa'dah 07, 1436, August 22, 2015, SPA -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has extended indefinitely the closure of a popular border crossing with Colombia and declared a 60-day state of emergency in several western cities as authorities attempt to reassert control in a notoriously lawless area where three army officers were shot, AP reported. Maduro's action late Friday followed his earlier decision to enforce a 72-hour closure of the normally busy crossing in Tachira state and deploy hundreds of additional troops in response to the shooting that wounded two lieutenants and a captain who were patrolling for smugglers. --SPA 22:32 LOCAL TIME 19:32 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w