Colombia has banned Maduro from entering and more than 200 "collaborators" from his "dictatorship"

The tension is rising between Colombia and Venezuela. The government of Iván Duque forbidden entry to chavista president, Nicolás Maduro, and more than 200 "collaborators" of his "dictatorship", informed the migration authority.

"This decision, sovereign and discretionary, is part of the measures taken by the Lima group, of which Colombia is a party, and which seeks a peaceful solution to the crisis in Venezuela," said Migración Colombia in a statement.

The director of the entity, Christian Krüger, said at a press conference in Bogotá that the measure also includes Maduro, his the vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, the influential leader Chavis Diosdado Cabello and other members of the "near circle" Of the president.

The entity has not ruled out that the number of people on the list of people "misinformed" by Colombia, "given its close relations and support for Nicolás Maduro's regime", will increase in the coming months.

"We will refrain from publishing this list for several reasons because Today, they can collaborate, but later they can help the return of democracy."in Venezuela, said Krüger.

In case they are removed from office by the Venezuelan government, they would study if they were allowed to enter, said the official. The director of Migration Colombia also badured that he would expel Maduro's foreign collaborators found in the country.

The government of conservative Iván Duque has led international diplomatic pressure against what he regards as the "dictatorship" of Maduro in Venezuela, with which Colombia virtually no relationship since mid-2017.

With the United States and several Latin American countries, Bogota has recognized as Venezuela's interim president the opposition Juan Guaidó, president of the National Assembly, unknown to the ruling party.

The Lima group, which includes dozens of Latin American countries, including Colombia, does not know Maduro, his second term, which began on January 10, was result of fraudulent elections.

Tensions between Colombia and Venezuela have intensified in recent months after Maduro accused the Duque government of being part of Brazil conspiracy orchestrated by the United States to overthrow him and murder.

Suspicions increased when a note in the notebook of John Bolton, National Security Advisor to US President Donald Trump, questioned a possible deployment of American troops in Colombia.

Colombian Foreign Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo said on Tuesday that he did not know the meaning of the councilor's notes. Allies close to Colombia in the region, the United States reaffirmed that "all options were on the table" in the Venezuelan case and imposed Monday sanctions on the state oil company of Venezuela , PDVSA, increasing the pressure on Maduro.