The Venezuelan government blames the opposition and retrograde 42 wounded at the border

The Venezuelan government confirmed Sunday the total of 42 wounded following Saturday's riots on the border between Colombia and Venezuela and blamed violence on the opposition, which tried to force the entry of the US humanitarian aid despite the closure of the border. .

The government appointed Táchira State Protector, Freddy Bernal, explained that among the wounded were "two bullets of Colombian criminals, three burned alive and the rest with blunt objects".

On the other hand, the Colombian Government badured that the number of wounded was 285, of which 37 people had to be hospitalized.

"We are responsible to Iván Duque (President of Colombia), responsible for this aggression, the wounded Iván Duque and Juan Guaidó, it is a terrorist act. State denounced by the government of President Nicolás Maduro, "he said. Bernal in telephone statements on Venezuelan public television VTV.

Bernal pointed out that during Saturday's day, there was an irregular situation on the Las Tienditas bridge, where they tried to move him to the Boca de Grita bridge, an area that remains in La Fría, Táchira, where "hundreds criminals besieged the Bolivarian National Guard and there a captain resisted like a hero with only 20 men over 3000 ". Thus, he highlighted the work done by state security officials "in defense of peace".

Regarding the defections of the army, dozens according to the opposition, Bernal spoke of "seven traitors". "Who are they?" From the Bolivarian National Guard, a lieutenant who worked in the administration, another in the kitchen, then two national guards who were occupying the parking lot and another lieutenant who was not in command "he explained.

Friday, Venezuela ordered the total and temporary closure of the bridges of Simón Bolívar, Santander and Unión, located on the border with Colombia, to prevent the pbadage of humanitarian aid sent by the United States .