Tension in the Venezuelan city of Ureña: the National Guard represses citizens trying to visit Colombia

The Bolivarian National Guard represses some 200 people seeking to settle in Colombia in the city of Ureña, after the temporary closure of the border organized by the Nicolás Maduro regime.

Soldiers placed barricades in the streets and on the binational bridge Francisco de Paula Santander. When the citizens tried to remove the fences, they threw tear gas at them.

In addition there were struggles and some people threw stones on the uniform. The incidents occur a few minutes after the start of the delivery of humanitarian aid from Colombia to Venezuela.

Juan Guaidó, president in charge appointed by the National Assembly, sent a message to the army this morning. "To the armed forces we reiterate our order: odebezcan the ConstitutionLet go of the humanitarian aid and put yourself on the side of the population, "he wrote on his Twitter account.

"Today, they have in their hands the lives of hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans. The whole country and the world will have their eyes riveted on you. To decide well ", he added.

There are already reports of Desertions in the National Guard. According to official information provided by the Colombian Migration Service, three soldiers showed up this morning to ask for help at the Simón Bolívar International Bridge, in San Antonio del Táchira, 14 kilometers from Ureña.

In one of the many videos that circulate on social networks, you can see a tanqueta demolishing part of the structure mounted by the National Guard to prevent pbadage through Colombia by the bridge.