Three Venezuelan sergeants and one policeman left Nicolás Maduro's regime and entered Brazil

As the hours go by, the number of soldiers who decide to leave the dictator Nicolás Maduro increases. This Monday, the Brazilian colonel Georges Feres Kanaan, a member of Operation Reception, which serves Venezuelan migrants in the border town of Pacaraima, Brazil, reported that Three Venezuelan sergeants deserted and entered the Brazilian dream.

In addition to sergeants, a municipal policeman also arrived Monday in Pacaraima by the trails (trails used irregularly)with his wife and three children.

Kanaan said the army had crossed these alternative routes on Sunday afternoon. They were found by the Brazilian army, who took them to this city.

One of them was in conditions of malnutritionanother military source reported.

The Venezuelan border remains closed since Thursday by decree of Maduro.

Since then, There are already six sergeants who left Venezuela for Brazil. 156 police and soldiers left the country and traveled to Colombia.

The municipal police, Cesar Marcano, 22, and his family drove 940 km from Carupano, east to Santa Elena de Uairén, 20 km from Pacaraima.

From there, because of the closure of the border, they continued on foot. The young couple spent five hours on the trip with two babies in their arms, while the eldest daughter was also walking under the tropical high temperatures of the region, with just what she was wearing and a bag.

"I won 18,000 bolivars and spent 10,000 in a pack of diapers"said Marcano.

The desertions take place as part of the international operation for the delivery of humanitarian aid organized by the Venezuelan opposition, which took place last Saturday He was brutally repressed by the forces of the Chavista regime.

"In the military commandos, there is no food, they do not have mattresses, we sergeants of the National Guard sleep on the floor ", the sergeant said Sunday Carlos Eduardo Zapata, one of the first three to arrive in Brazil.

The border between the two countries, traditionally calm, has experienced stressful hours over the weekend with Maduro's closure to prevent the entry of food and medicine donated by the United States and the United States. Brazil.

Two trucks carrying eight tons of food were arrested Saturday in the locality without being able to enter the Venezuelan territory and finally, They returned to a military unit in Pacaraima.

During the weekend, clashes took place between unarmed protesters from Venezuela and members of the Bolivarian National Guard. The Brazilian army, to reduce tension in place, has established a security cordon, which was kept this Monday.

The President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, met in the morning in Brasilia with his Minister of Defense, Fernando Azevedoand members of the military high command.

This meeting was held in parallel with that of the Lima Group in Bogotá, which was attended by the United States and the leader of the opposition, Juan Guaidó, to define the steps to follow in the Venezuelan crisis. .

Six Venezuelans in uniform were arrested by the National Guard trying to cross in Colombia.

A family member of one of the detainees informed W Radio Colombia that they were detained in the Capacho command in Táchira.