The governor of Táchira, Freddy Bernal, lamented the acts of violence in the border area of the Colombian side, where there were attacks in police facilities and the toll of Villa del Rosario. “We are very concerned with the unfortunate state of war in which the north of Santander is.”
The attack with explosives and long weapons at the Parada Police Station, a border municipality of Villa del Rosario, and an explosion that occurred simultaneously in the toll of the same town forced the governor of Norte de Santander, William Villamizar, and to the mayor of Cúcuta, Jorge Acevedo, to declare curfew from 7:00 pm to 6:00 am and the suspension of classes throughout the metropolitan area, which includes Cúcuta, Villa del Rosario, El Zulia and Los Patios.
On the Venezuelan side, Bernal indicated that security was reinforced throughout the 164 kilometers of border with Colombia.
“We regret that various armed groups are confronted in the north of Santander, we always long for Peace. President Nicolás Maduro has always extended his hands to help in what can be in peace. That is a problem exclusively from Colombia, ”he said.
In the Táchira, specifically in the Venezuelan border area for San Antonio, Ureña and Boca de Espar there is tranquility, harmony and peace, “total security, for merchants, students, entrepreneurs for national and foreign investment,” he concluded.
