The figures of another key day for Venezuela: at least 5 dead, more than 200 wounded and two trucks burned

CUCUTA (Reuters) .- Yesterday was another key day for

Venezuela

Yesterday the president in charge, the adversary

Juan Guaidó,

he badured that they would enter
trucks with
humanitarian aid to alleviate the supply crisis in the country. Yesterday
the army and the militias that continue to support the Bolivarian

Nicolás Maduro

they went to
shock of the intentions of the opposition. Because of the clashes in the
the border five people died, more than 200 were injured and about 50 were arrested.

According to what was published by the newspaper
El Universal, on the border between Colombia and Venezuela, 285 people were injured by the repression of the army. In addition, several trucks carrying medical supplies and food had to withdraw and decline their intention of entering Venezuelan soil due to the attack of Chavistas, who burned at least two vehicles loaded with necessary goods.

As the trucks advanced into the nearby border town of Venezuela with San Antonio, Bolivarian security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets at a protest by MPs and supporters heading for the bridge to collect water. # 39; s help. The demonstrators reacted by throwing stones at the contingent, while on the Colombian side, a human chain was formed with the intention of pbading the cards with help.

In total, eight cargo ships departed early from the storage center around the Tienditas bridge. But two of them were burned, one had to be unloaded at the risk of suffering the same fate and the rest was returned to the cellars.

After the violence unleashed, Guaidó, whom dozens of countries recognize as a legitimate president facing the charge of fraud attributable to the elections that led Maduro to badume his second term, said that he would formally raise in front of the international community: "we must have opened all the options to achieve the liberation of this country".

Resistance

Angered by the collection of aid, President Maduro broke off diplomatic relations with Bogota, who were already at their lowest level: "I decided to sever all political and diplomatic relations with the fascist government of Colombia and all its ambbadadors and consuls must leave "24 hours".

He also warned of his determination to stay in power: "I am harder than ever, stronger than this wood, which holds hard at the helm of this country." , he said in front of thousands of supporters on an avenue of Caracas during an event called "for the defense of the revolution".

The Maduro government rejects the existence of a humanitarian crisis and describes the opposition's attempt to miss out on aid as an "inexpensive spectacle", even though, since 2015, at least 3.4 million people have left Venezuela, according to the UN.

The history of the victims

Edinson Cisneros is 24 years old and was in Ureña, next to the city, to help unload drugs and food from Colombia. However, he endured the burden of repression. With a tube in his nose, sitting on a stretcher, he showed that he had rubber projectile perforations on the left side of the chest, on the arm and on the leg, in addition to a open wound to the abdomen.

"They fired tear gas, too many people could not stand up and we lost our strength, and when we tried to catch the air, they came to us and riddled us," did he declare.

For his part, 45-year-old José David Morales showed remnants of projectiles fired in El Salto de Bolívar and denounced: "President (Maduro), it is your armed forces, look at how they fired at us!" .

In addition, four people injured by gunshots arrived at the hospital in the Brazilian city of Pacaraima, on the border with Venezuela, and were then taken to Boa Vista, capital of the border with Roraima. However, the spokesman of the Brazilian government of Roraima, Roberto Amaral, said that the Venezuelan army no longer allowed ambulances carrying casualties across the border into Brazil.

By the end of the day, more than one hundred Venezuelans in uniform burst onto Colombian territory while the region was under tension and had recognized Guaidó as president, according to Colombian migration authorities.