At least four dead and 42 wounded on Venezuela's hot fronts

At least four deads, including a 14-year-old and 31 wounded, has provoked riots on the border between Venezuela and Brazil, where the Venezuelan army has blocked the entrance of humanitarian aid Saturday, has said a spokesman for a human rights group.

"The dead are the product of the repression of the army during the riots of Santa Elena from Uairen (Bolivar, south). Both died as a result of a gunshot wound, including one in the head, "he said. AFP Olnar Ortiz, activist in the field of the NGO Penal Forum, criticizes the government.

The struggles were recorded in two points of Santa Elena de Uairén. Neighbors in favor of the entrance of humanitarian aid have placed barricades in the streets to prevent the advance of the army to the border.

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Five bullet wounded in clashes with security forces in that city were transported in two ambulances from Venezuela in Brazil, according to Brazilian official sources, and despite the closure of the border.

The state of health of the five is "serious," said the secretary of the state government of Roraima.

In the meantime, at least 42 injured they leave the troubles that have erupted on the main border bridge between Colombia and Venezuela, where the opposition is trying to get into basic aid despite the blockade of Venezuelan forces, according to a backup source.

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The wounded are Venezuelans who tried to cross with badistance to their country by the Simón Bolívar bridge, closed the day before by President Nicolás Maduro, when they were repressed with the help of tear gas. Fourteen of the wounded had to be "transferred" for medical care, said a Civil Defense official at AFP.

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