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Add an EventColombia raid angers Chavez
"President [Alvaro] Uribe, think about it long and hard. You had better not get the idea of doing this on our territory because it would be a 'causus belli', cause for a war," Chavez said in his first reaction to the raid, at an event at the Miraflores presidential palace.
The Colombian military killed Reyes in an air raid on Saturday in neighbouring Ecuador, dealing a major blow to the group, officials said earlier in Bogota.
Ecuador protest
Rafael Correa, Ecuador's president, has said he will send a diplomatic note to protest the Colombian military incursion.
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He was speaking after Colombian air and ground forces killed a senior member of the leftist rebels operating just inside Ecuadorean territory.
Farc spokesman Raul Reyes died along with at least 16 other rebels and one Colombian soldier, Bogota said.
Ecuador has protested to Colombia over the incursion.
'Very serious'
Venezuela's leftist leader has been mediating with Farc to secure the release of hostages the rebels hold.
The rebels recently freed four of about 40 political captives into the care of Mr Chavez.
Speaking at a televised meeting of his cabinet in Caracas on Saturday, Mr Chavez warned Colombia about attempting cross-border operations.
Farc has been involved in conflict in Colombia for four decades 
Farc in the limelightQ&A: Rebel hostages
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CIA? DOD? Or is Columbian military intelligence that efficient? An attack could lead to US military involvement, which may be the point.