Cúcuta grapples with a deep security crisis after ELN attacks injure seven. The government deploys thousands of police and soldiers, offering rewards for information on those responsible for the escalating violence in the Colombian border city.
Over 11,000 people have fled Colombia’s Catatumbo region amid escalating violence between ELN and FARC dissidents. The death toll has reached 100. As the Armed Forces deploy additional troops, President Petro may declare a state of internal disturbance.
Colombia and Venezuela reopened overland borders at Cúcuta and San Antonio after the two bridges were barricaded with the 2019 humanitarian aid convoy fiasco.
Colombia’s Iván Duque has waged foreign policy capital on regime change in Venezuela. But, the arrival of Russian military experts to back Maduro will extend the migrant crisis and geopolitical stalemate.
Venezuelan protestors at the border crossing in Villa Rosario are battling Maduro’s security forces and paramilitaries known as Colectivos after humanitarian aid was destroyed.
The humanitarian aid destined for Venezuela was suspended by interim president Guaidó after violence flared up at Colombia’s border crossings.
In an act of bravery, defying Maduro’s travel ban, Guaidó turned up in Cucutá to see the humanitarian aid ready to be moved Saturday.
As humanitarian aid stockpiles along the Venezuelan border, the flow of migrants continues with new figures released by Migración Colombia.