Colombian journalists have been attacked by Chavez groups on the border with Venezuela

A new attack on freedom of the press was presented because of the chavist regime, this time on the Colombian side of the border in the Norte de Santander department. The journalistic press team CM & He denounced the fact that they were badaulted and badaulted by a group of unidentified men who apparently belong to irregular groups.

The journalist Carlos Salazar, media correspondent CM & and Channel Oneand his cameraman Wuilker Estupiñán, played a report on how migration is experienced on the illegal trails between the two countries, following the closure of border crossings authorized by the dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro, when the event occurred in daylight.

They were taking pictures of thousands of people traveling along the Táchira River, which connects San Antonio (Venezuela) to Cúcuta (Colombia), when They were intercepted by a group of at least seven men who violently stole their recording material from the stunned eyes of the migrants.

"We had progressed about 60 meters under the Simón Bolívar bridge, by one of the trails in the border area, we were in Colombian territory and we had already finished the note on the large number of people crossing improvised bridges over the Táchira river, when seven guys came and rushed against my cameraman to take the equipment and throw us into the river "Salazar told RCN Radio.

The journalists were on wooden bridges on a path called La Marranera. The cameraman struggled with the men, but they hit him, grabbed him by the neck and threw him out. He could only save the tripod from the camera. Salazar told the chain that there was no authority on the Colombian side and the people were not helping them.

According to a report by Cúcuta TV, the men came to watch the journalists during the development of their work and even invited them to go to the Venezuelan side to take more photos. Afterwards, the "trocheros" – the people who guide the migrant population through these stages in exchange for money – warned that the subjects belonged to Chavist groups and that it was better than They leave the scene.

Salazar also denounced on television that these people were calling them to make an appointment on the Venezuelan side with the head of the irregular organization, identified with the pseudonym of "Juan".

"This is a very complicated area because of the presence of different armed groups, guerrillas and paramilitaries … Different crimes are committed, in the border area between Colombia and Venezuela, it seems that they have all the control, "said the reporter. CM & a RCN Radio.