Colombia closed the border with Venezuela for two days to assess the damage caused by the crackdown

The Director General of Migration Colombia, Christian Krüger Sarmiento, announced this Saturday closure of all border crossing points with Venezuela in the Norte de Santander department on 24 and 25 February badess the damage caused during the delivery of humanitarian aid.

"The measure, which was taken by the President of the Republic, Iván Duque Márquez, obeys the need to badess damage to government facilities established in the border area of ​​Norte de Santander, "Krüger said in a statement.

According to the official, the closure also aims to "carry out the necessary repairs for the correct provision of services, after the incidents recorded during the pbadage of humanitarian aid to Venezuela " this Saturday.

The head of the Colombian immigration authority said that the closing will begin at 00:00 on Sunday, February 24th and will continue until Monday, February 25th at midnight..

The points in which the pbadage will be restricted will be the international bridges Simón Bolívar, Francisco de Paula Santander, La Unión and Unity.

"It is excepted the limitation of transit to be carried out at the authorized border checkpoints in the department of Norte de Santander fortuitous event or force majeure"Clarified Krüger.

Cúcuta, capital of the Colombian department of Norte de Santander, is connected by the Simón Bolívar International Bridge to the Venezuelan city of San Antonio, in the state of Táchira.

The Francisco de Paula Santander Bridge connects Cúcuta to the city of Ureña, like Tienditas, also known as La Unidad, completed in 2016 and never commissioned, and where is stored the 39, Colombian humanitarian aid.

A fourth bridge in the area, La Union, is a smaller structure located between the cities of Puerto Santander (Colombia), Cúcuta and the Venezuelan Boca del Grita.

(With EFE information)