The regime of Nicolás Maduro has placed new obstacles in the main border crossing with Colombia

The Simón Bolívar border bridge, the main crossing between Colombia and Venezuela,succeeded on Wednesday with two new obstacles placed by the authorities of the Caribbean country just hours after the reopening of the pbadage on the Colombian side, according to Efe.

The new obstacles are two containers, one blue and the other orange, blocking the center of the bridge that connects the Colombian city of Cucuta to the Venezuelan city of San Antonio and which are located in the center of the bridge.

On one side of the viaduct, which has two lanes and a width of about 10 meters, They left open a small space on a pedestrian platform that suits a person.

Until last Monday, there was in the center of the bridge an oil tanker that had been dismantled by the protesters against the ruling government, Nicolás Maduro, and removed from the bridge.

On Tuesday, members of the Robert Serra Mission, a program of the Nicolás Maduro government for young people, and the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB, militarized police) cleared the Venezuelan part of the bridge.

On the Colombian side, Colombian migration officials, the National Customs and Tax Directorate (DIAN), Civil Defense and Police have been located, a usual deployment when the bridge is open to control the crossing of the border.

The obstacles are similar to those located on the nearby Tienditas Bridge., a modern infrastructure that should not be blocked by two containers after the rally by an international coalition in Cucuta of humanitarian aid that was originally to enter Venezuela through this viaduct.

Near the bridge, on both sides of the country, there is a lot of rubbish and even scrub after the riots of recent days.

Meanwhile, as Efe could confirm, Many people continue to cross the border illegally through the trails near Simón Bolívar Bridge.

The Colombian authorities planned to reopen the Venezuelan border on Wednesday in the department of Norte de Santander, of which Cúcuta is the capital, although they had to restrict the crossing of bridges because "obstacles remain" and armed persons on the Venezuelan side

"The decision was taken by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Migration of Colombia to restrict the pbadage to these border points," said the director of Migration Colombia, Christian Krüger Sarmiento, about these steps, closed since last Saturday by the riots that had occurred after the attempted admission of humanitarian aid to the oil country.

Colombia closed the border for 72 hours in order to verify the damage to the infrastructure and to guarantee the officials located in these places their integrity and security for the abuses perpetrated since Saturday.

Precisely, the Simón Bolívar bridge was one of the scenarios in which there was more disturbance.

There, even members of the Bolivarian National Police (PNP) of Venezuela withdrew from the center of the bridge where they avoided the entrance of demonstrators and help, and some of them have even taken the time to defect.