Army Commander Hugo Parra Martínez defected on Tienditas Bridge and recognized Juan Guaidó as Acting President

The commander of the army Hugo Parra Martínez, belonging to the general promotion of the Fernando Rodríguez del Toro division, announced its break with the Nicolás Maduro regime on Saturday at the Tienditas bridge.

"I recognize our engineer president Juan Guaidó and I will fight with the Venezuelan people at every step"He said in a speech to hundreds of volunteers gathered to receive humanitarian aid from Colombia.

"With the heart of our country and the help of God, let him reign in our hearts and that there is peace. Let's go from the front. For Venezuela, our stolen country, "added Parra Martínez.

And he closed his brief speech with a message for Guaidó. "Order to my commander-in-chief!" S & # 39; he exclaimed..

Three members of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) deserted Saturday morning at the Simón Bolívar International Bridge and a fourth in uniform made it to the Francisco Paula Santander Bridge, crossing for Colombia and thus recognizing the legitimacy of Guaidó as interim president of Venezuela.

His abandonment of the chavist regime occurred at a time of extreme tension at the border, when it is expected that the attempt to bring to Venzuela the humanitarian sent by the United States begins and stored by members of the opposition in Colombia, although Maduro ordered that he be prevented by force.