Venezuela: 23 soldiers have already left the Colombian border

DPA / Europa Press Agency

According to the Colombian authorities, 23 members of the Navy, the National Guard and the Venezuelan police left the border to cross the border with Colombia.

"Our comrades know that we are neither criminals nor terrorists and that the time has come," said one of the first men in uniform to defect.

The agency Migration Colombia north of Santander said that interviews had already been conducted with ten members of the Venezuelan National Guard and two women of the Bolivarian National Police who "came to the country fleeing the dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro. ".

They are joined by the Venezuelan Navy member who arrived in Arauca. Commander Hugo Enrique Parra was the highest official.

"I am the commander of the army Hugo Enrique Parra Martinez belonging to the General Division of Promotion, Fernando Rodríguez del Toro, I recognize our president, the engineer Juan Guaidó, and I will fight against the Venezuelan people every March with the heart of God's help, "he proclaimed megaphone after crossing the border.

Since the "chavismo" pointed out that the army had 250,000 men, so the dropout in these figures does not represent a significant percentage.

Colombia and Venezuela are currently experiencing maximum tension at the borders because of the US intention to send humanitarian aid to Venezuela via Colombia, with the support of Venezuelan opposition and despite the refusal of the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro.

This dispute is part of the open political crisis after the president of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Juan Guaidó opposition, declared himself president in charge of the country on Jan. 23 because he considered Maduro's new presidential mandate illegal.