Boere Aanvals Troepe (BAT) carried out two bombings in South Africa in the mid-1990s.  The group was acting in protest against the alleged murder of numerous white South Africans following the end of apartheid.  In a statement in 1997 addressed to "Mandela, the communists, and all Muslims", BAT threatened to continue its attacks until these murders stopped.  Additionally, BAT demanded that the Christian faith be recognized, that the Boers be granted their own territory and self-government, amnesty for right-wing political prisoners, and other similar concessions. BAT was not a real organization so much as a name used by a few individuals acting on their own accord.<p><br />Boere Aanvals Troepe claimed responsibility for two different bombing incidents in 1996 and 1997.  The first incident was a Christmas day bombing in a shopping center in Worcester which killed four people and injured more than sixty.  The second incident was a string of three bombings including one which targeted a mosque in Rustenburg on January 5, 1997.  Although BAT claimed credit for both of these events, South African police ruled out any link between the two incidents.<br /> <br />

Boere Aanvals Troepe has not been active since the Rustenburg bombings in January 1997.  Police believe that the group consisted of a small number of right-wing extremists.  Two of these extremists, 26-year-old Christian Harmse and 31-year-old Pierre Jacobs, were arrested shortly after the Rustenburg bombings and convicted in September.  In February 1997, Jan van der Westhuizen was arrested in connection with the Worcester bombings.  Since these arrests, Boere Aanvals Troepe has not been linked to any attacks.

The Bolivarian Guerilla Movement is believed to be responsible for an attack on the home of Julio Montoya, president of the National Assembly's Foreign Policy Commission in Venezuela and deputy for the opposition to Hugo Chavez's government, in 2003. Montoya claimed he received threats from the group in the week leading up to the attack on his home, in which two explosives were thrown at it, causing minimal damage and no injuries. <p><br />Montoya believes the group is comprised of Colombian guerillas who support Chavez's Bolivarian Revolution. The primary tenants of the Bolivarian Revolution are anti-imperialism, unification of Latin America, grassroots participatory democracy, economic self-sufficiency, equitable distribution of wealth and an end to corruption. Many believe that the Bolivarian Revolution enjoys widespread support among Colombia guerilla groups, most notably the FARC. Further, some Venezuelans, primarily those opposed to the current administration, believe that Chavez provides support for Colombian guerilla activity within Venezuela.  One legislator called the trend the "Colombianization" of Venezuela. <p><br />According the Montoya, the taped threat he received included the claim that the group is actively recruiting for their organization, growing rapidly and will continue to attack opposition leaders. However, there has been no other attack publicly attributed to the Bolivarian Guerilla Movement. <br />