Colombia deployed troops at the border and claimed that more than 100 Venezuelan army officers had deserted the Maduro regime

The Colombian government deployed Dozens of soldiers and police on the Simón Bolívar International Bridgeafter violent incidents in the middle of the delivery plan for humanitarian aid to Venezuela, which left nearly three hundred wounded.

"Until the moment, Migration Colombia has served just over 100 members of the Venezuelan Armed Forceswho have left their country, escaping the dictatorship of Maduro, "said Migración Colombia in a statement.

The director general of migration of Colombia, Christian Krüger, said in a statement that the closure, which began Saturday to respond to Venezuela's humanitarian plan, it will stay until midnight on Monday.

On the Venezuelan side of the Simón Bolívar bridge, the Sunday a small tanker and container to block the pbadage.

Despite the closure of the border posts between the Colombian city of Cucuta and the Venezuelan city of San Antonio del Táchira, the agency has AP he observed Dozens of people who took the trails near the international bridge to move from Venezuela to Colombia.

Among the people who pbaded by the path was A Venezuelan soldier, dressed in an olive green suit, defected with his daughter in his arms and was received by the Colombian authorities.

At least 60 members of the security forces, including the army and the police, deserted the Venezuelan forces on the eve of the day and supported the President of the National Assembly, Juan Guaidó, who declared himself president in charge of Venezuela.

"We can not continue to support the lending of Colombian territory to aggression against Venezuela", Maduro said justifying the decision.

With the exception of consular badistance and the treatment of entrepreneurs, Bogotá has frozen relations with Caracas since mid-2018.

Before the frustrated attempt of the opposition to enter Venezuela, the humanitarian aid and the strong repression of the military forces that have made hundreds of wounded, Guaidó announced Saturday night on his Twitter account that he would ask the international community: "We must have all the options open to achieve the liberation of this country that is fighting and will continue to do so".but did not offer any details.

Guaidó told de Cucuta that he will meet Monday with the US vice president Mike Pence in the framework of an urgent appeal of the foreign ministers of the Lima group, which brings together 13 Latin American countries and Canada.

The Leader of the Opposition, who appeared with Colombian President Iván Duque and the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro said the meeting would discuss possible diplomatic and cooperative actions to restore democracy in Venezuela.