Colombian diplomatic staff leave Venezuela after the break-up of relations between the two countries – 25/02/2019

The Colombian Foreign Ministry said Sunday in a statement that all its diplomatic staff in Venezuela, as well as their families, They have already started the return to Colombia after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro gave them 24 hours to leave the country.

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"Until February 24, at 4 pm, arrived on the national territory, by various means, the officials of 13 consulates of Colombia in San Antonio del Táchira, San Cristobal, San Fernando de Atabapo, San Carlos del Zulia, Machiques, El Amparo, Barquisimeto, Maracaibo, Puerto la Cruz, Caracas and Puerto Ayacucho, Valencia and Merida with their families ", reads in this declaration.

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For his part, the Venezuelan governor of the state of Táchira, Freddy Bernal, He defended Maduro.

He claimed to have been "forced" to expel Colombian diplomatic staff "because of the blatant aggression that the whole world saw from Venezuela to Venezuela, where border posts were attacked for 15 hours by paramilitary criminal gangs and traitors of the country with a gun., Molotov, making 315 wounded on our part. "

Previously, Maduro had announced the severance of diplomatic relations with Colombia.

"I can not continue to suffer more aggression from the fascist Colombian government, which is why I decided to break all kinds of political relations with them," Maduro said at of a mbad rally held in Caracas.

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This measure is a response to Colombian collaboration with the opposition's attempt to force the entry of US humanitarian aid through the Colombian border.

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Venezuela is plunged into a political crisis since Jan. 23, when the head of the National Assembly, Juan Guaidó opposition, proclaimed himself president of the country after denouncing the illegality of the new mandate of President Nicolás Maduro, which began on 10 January. a new period.

Source: DPA