Border shooting between Colombia and Venezuela: a woman was injured

The sound of gunfire near a busy border crossing between Venezuela and Colombia This created chaos on Friday and caused many people to go to the shelter.

The authorities stated that theThe incident occurred in an illegal pbadage ("trocha") near the Simón Bolívar international bridge.

A shared video on social networks shows people with sacks of food and toiletries squatting and screaming when gunshots are heard.

"We note that a group of smugglers who dispute one of the tracks connecting Colombia to Venezuela have generated a shootout in which a woman was injured. Women are treated in a Cucuta hospital, "Christian Krüguer, director of Migración Colombia, said on Twitter.

This border region is a place of criminal activity: illegal armed groups control the dirt roads that connect the two nations.

The Simón Bolívar International Bridge is closed since the unsuccessful attempt of the opposition to provide humanitarian aidamid mbadive demonstrations and demonstrations on both sides of the border.

Colombia has become a a source of livelihood for Venezuelans in need of food and medical care.

The death toll is rising due to the crisis in Venezuela

At least five protesters are dead, three of them minors and 239 were injured during protests in Venezuela after the uprising led by opposition leader Juan Guaidó.

This is confirmed by the figures released this Friday in Geneva by a spokesman for the United Nations Office for Human Rights.

The deaths at demonstrations on April 30 and May 1 were slaughtered by pro-government groups and bring to 49 the number of people who have died since the beginning of the year, according to information provided by the say Ravina Shamdasani.

Among the victims is a 15-year-old teenager who died in the state of Mérida, two young people aged 16 and 24 who died in Aragua and two others aged 15 and 27 who died as a result of a shootout during protests. organized on May 1st in the square of Caracas. Altamira

With information from AP and AFP