Antonio Guterres expressed his "emotion" for the killings of Venezuelan civilians who tried to enter humanitarian aid

Antonio Guterres he declared himself this Sunday "shocked" by the deaths of civilians in Venezuela as part of the attempt to bring humanitarian aid to the country, and He urged "to do everything possible to avoid further escalation".

Clashes between protesters and Nicolás Maduro's regime forces left on Saturday 285 wounded in Colombia including 255 Venezuelans and two deaths in the state of Bolívar, bordering Brazil.

Guterres "is following with increasing concern the escalating tensions in Venezuela and" shocked and deplored the loss of civilian lives in the context of yesterday's events, "said his spokesman, Stéphane Dujarricin a statement.

"The Secretary General demands that violence be avoided at all costs and that deadly force is in no way used", he added.

Acting President Juan Guaidó, leader of the National Assembly of Venezuela and recognized by the United States and fifty countries as a legitimate head of state, has tried to provide humanitarian aid to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in his country, but trucks with provisions and medicines were blocked by Maduro's forces and Chavez's collectives. Two of them, even they were burned.

Maduro, supported by Russia, rejects the aid and says that it is the beginning of a military action to overthrow it, led by the United States.

Although he agreed to meet separately last week with the Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs Jorge Arreaza and with Pompeo, Guterres resists pressure to take sides and is limited to offering his good offices to reach a negotiated solution to the crisis in Venezuela.