Colombian authorities say they have arrested a cell of elite Venezuelan police agents who were allegedly spying and plotting attacks against members of the Venezuelan opposition throughout Colombia.

The targets reportedly included a Venezuelan congressman who opposes that country's president, Nicolás Maduro.

Members of Colombia's Border Counterintelligence Battalion and the Colombia Migration Judicial Police arrested Alejandro Olivares, Wilnelmary Lourdes Callejas Navas and Herierv José Borja Pirona during an operation that was carried out in the province of Cudinamarca on Wednesday.

Colombian newspaper El Tiempo first reported the arrests.

Officials said Olivares, Callejas Navas and Borja Pirona are all members of Special Action Force of the Venezuelan National Police [FAES], which was created by Maduro in 2017.

The FAES has been accused by the United Nations and the opposition of carrying out killings under orders of the Maduro regime.

Wilnelmary Lourdes Callejas Navas (left), Alejandro Olivares (center) and Herierv José Borja Pirona (right) were apprehended by the Colombia's Border Counterintelligence Battalion and the Colombia Migration Judicial Police during an operation Wednesday

Herierv José Borja Pirona (second from left), Wilnelmary Lourdes Callejas Navas (third from right) and Alejandro Olivares (second from right) were turned over by Colombian authorities to their Venezuelan counterparts Wednesday

President Nicolás Maduro created the Special Action Force of the Venezuelan National Police [FAES] in 2017. Three of its members formed part of a cell that was discovered in Colombia in January and were reportedly spying on congressman Hernán Alemán, a staunch opponent of Maduro, who they planned to attack

The three FAES members were reportedly detected in January by Colombia's Border Counterintelligence Battalion after the agency received reports that the group was attempting to carry out attacks against Venezuelan military members who had fled to Bogotá.

Led by Olivares, Callejas Navas and Borja Pirona, they were reportedly spying on congressman Hernán Alemán, a staunch opponent of Maduro.

Investigators seized several cellphones and allegedly discovered that the group was relaying information back to their superiors in Venezuela.

Authorities say they also confiscated a fraudulent Colombian identification card that Olivares used in masking his identity. At the time of his arrest he was in possession of a FAES identification card that identified him as deputy chief of Maduro's elite police squad.

Olivares, Callejas Navas and Borja Pirona were placed in custody of the Colombia Migration and were taken to El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá on Wednesday night.

They were scheduled to be transported to the Colombia-Venezuela border and turned over to Venezuelan authorities.

It is unknown why all three suspects were not kept under arrest in Colombia to be tried there. DailyMail.com reached out to Colombia Migration for comment.

Venezuelan congressman Hernán Alemán, an opponent of the Maduro regime, was targeted by a cell of the FAES that was secretly operating in Colombia and received financial support from Venezuela

A November report published by Reuters looked into 20 civilian killings attributed to FAES.

Official narratives of the shootings described the incidents as self-defense, but they were ultimately countered by eyewitness accounts, video evidence, death certificates, autopsy reports and other documentation.

The elite police force has been linked to hundreds of deaths since its creation.

The notorious FAES is highly secretive, known for signature dark masks and black uniforms bearing skull insignias but no name tags. Officers typically remain anonymous even after blood is shed.