The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, through his account on the social network X reported that he spoke with his counterpart from Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, in relation to the need to join efforts to combat drug trafficking at the border between the two countries.
Petro indicated that he talked with the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro “to cover the illegal steps, especially in the Catatumbo River, and is accessed with side and side flights, we have the presence of 1580 nationals in refugee camp on the other side. An action plan is built, a set that seeks to close any space for action of drug trafficking owners on the border. Meeting of the two defense ministers for the effect will be held, ”says Petro’s message on the social network X.
Colombia struggles to deactivate the worst crisis of violence in a decade in the border region of Catatumbo, under the control of the National Liberation Army. The rebels attack the civilian population and fight fighting with dissidents of the extinct Farc.
Due to the resurgence of the war, Petro suspended the peace negotiations that he held with the ELN and announced that the country would enter into “state of internal shock.” The Prosecutor’s Office reactivated capture orders against its dome.
Some municipalities in Colombia are becoming huge camps of displaced people, to those who arrive in hundreds every day. Some flee to Venezuela, where there are 1,580 Colombians “refugees”, according to Petro.
It should be noted that the president of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, said during the concentration of the march that arrived in Miraflores to commemorate the 67th anniversary of the military civic rebellion against the dictatorship of Marcos Pérez Jiménez, that the “Venezuelan criminal bands were fed with The drug sent to them Uribe and Duke ”from the Colombian territory.
