A military deserter from the Maduro regime: "The order is to massacre the people! They took the prisoners to the streets!"

"The order is to slaughter the people! They took the prisoners to the streets!"Exclaimed a Venezuelan military defector, bloody face, entering the Colombian soil.He is harbaded by microphones and cameras of journalists who cover the frustrated humanitarian delivery.

The soldier, who managed to escape with two companions, said that the "Chavez colsctivos" (paramilitary groups) had persecuted and repressed the thousands of people who had tried this Saturday to enter the region.

Sixty Venezuelans in uniform deserted and entered Colombia on Saturday, the Colombian immigration authority reported, amid escalating tensions over the announcement of the arrival of essential aid to Venezuela.

"This peaceful and humanitarian action was interrupted from Venezuela under the usurper regime of Maduro with a violent and disproportionate repression."said the Chancellor Carlos Holmes Trujillo in a statement to the media.

According to the official, 285 wounded – 255 Venezuelans and 30 Colombians – "mainly because of the effects of tear gas and unconventional weapons".