The military police of the Venezuelan regime tried to block the caravan of opposition deputies on the way to the Colombian border

The National Guard (GNB, militarized police) of Venezuela blocked on Thursday the trip of a caravan of opposition deputies heading to the border crossing with Colombiawhich forced the leaders to get off the bus and hold a brief confrontation with the uniforms.

According to videos broadcast on social networks GNB they threw tear gas and there were outbreaks, a scene that occurred in the La Cabrera Tunnel, which connects the central states of Aragua and Carabobo, around 14:00 local time (18:00 GMT).

In one of these videos, the parliamentarian, Richard Blanco, urged officials to let the procession pbad and ask them if they can easily find food and medicine.

"At the entrance to La Cabrera, a military component closed us with a convoy (…), but we will overcome these obstacles," he said later in a statement to the press.

Other recordings showed that MPs were crossing the tunnel on foot, but that the buses in which they were traveling used a cbad on the other side to get around the blockade.

A truck was stopped in the same tunnel and, according to reports, GNB officials tried to drill the tires with knives.

"It's an attempt to kill (…), it can not happen that our guards do it, it's a call to their conscience, this work that we do for you too," said MP Mariela Magallanes in this regard.

Legislators left Tuesday morning from Caracas to the state of Táchira, on the border with Colombia, to direct the distribution of donations collected in the city of Cúcuta. and this will help alleviate the country's severe crisis.

The team of the Head of the Parliament, Juan Guaidó – who declared almost a month ago baduming the powers of the executive as president in charge – indicated that the legislator was at the head of the delegation, but Efe could not confirm it independently.

Venezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro, said that he would not accept help, which he describes as "rotten gift" and that carries the "poison of humiliation" On the same day, he said that the food offered by the United States was "carcinogenic", although he did not submit any evidence.

All of this is happening in the midst of the political crisis in Venezuela, which intensified last January, when Maduro swore a new 6-year term whose legitimacy does not recognize the opposition and is part of it. of the international community, and Guaidó was later proclaimed "responsible president", considering that Chavez's leader "usurps" the presidency.

Guaidó has prioritized the entry of aid to help 250,000 vulnerable people immediately and said that they would "yes or yes" to Venezuela's borders the next day.