violence in Venezuela local tan has been
showing you the chaos and cook without
Colombia where demonstrations against
Maduro have erupted into violence near
the border with Brazil demonstrations
have turned deadly 15 chaotic at least
three people have been killed so far but
it's a different story
inside Venezuela where there was a march
for Nicolas Maduro who then announced he
is cutting ties with Colombia I'm in
Venice ones right here in South Florida
are watching and waiting to see what
happens next we have reaction from them
and local leaders all of this is known
for a major effort to bring humanitarian
aid into Venezuela Maduro doesn't want
it and he's blocking the borders to
prevent it from getting in we have live
team coverage on every angle here Louie
Aguirre is showing us the violent scene
from Colombia
Chloe Weddell is inside Venezuela with
the message from Maduro and christian
della Rossa is in little havana with
reaction from right here at home we
start with Lou monville live tonight
Andrew Alex as you can see quite a
different scene from what we experienced
earlier today things are pretty quiet
right now we're getting new numbers in
official numbers from Colombian
officials they tell us 285 people have
been injured in today's confrontations
here on the border between Venezuela and
Colombia 37 of those have been
hospitalized and this is a big number 60
Venezuelan military officials have
defected into Colombia asking for
political asylum Venezuela has not seen
these numbers in 20 years they have not
seen a rebellion this big in 20 years so
the majority of that aid may not have
gotten through across that border today
but you cannot deny that today was an
historic day for the people of Venezuela
it began with a kiss' Venezuelan
opposition supporters arrived at the
border early Saturday to try to talk
peacefully to their brothers on the
other side of the Simone Bolivar bridge
we don't want violence here we want
Brotherhood with the Venezuelan people
they are members of Nicolas Maduro s--
national police force forming a human
barricade to prevent the opposition from
bringing much-needed humanitarian aid
into the country today's a day and if
it's not happened today it will happen
tomorrow or next day but it will happen
it will happen quickly tensions began to
mount and when the opposition arrived on
mass by the hundreds things quickly
turned violent teargas canisters
deployed sending the crowd scrambling
for cover but undeterred the opposition
was determined to breach the barricade
and get that eighth rule you're not
stopping no we won't
it's all or nothing all these people
live in here they've got nothing to lose
each time they approach the clashes grow
more violent
all right we're two hours into this
right now we've been pushed further and
further onto the Colombian side of the
border that's because the colectivo the
civilians in Venezuela who have armed
themselves and are loyal to the Maduro
is regime have become much more
aggressive they are actually they
penetrated the border they're going
underneath the bridge of the throwing
tear gas canisters onto the Colombian
side of this border pipe without the guy
wound out they're browsing me and
where's that blood mean to you mr.
brother the freedom throughout the
termination is of the people finish way
back yes big freedom freedom from the
people some holding the line just
couldn't take it we saw two police
officers throw down their shields and
defect into Colombia joining the more
than 20 Venezuelan National Guardsmen
who throughout the day sought asylum in
Colombia
lieutenant Jose Lemus was one of them
what does he envision my 4th album feel
bad frustrated because my family is over
there and I had to defect for this
reason I had to help my people the
attacks from the colectivos grew more
bold they fired rubber bullets into the
crowd the Colombian army mobilized at
least two colectivos arrested and beaten
by the crowd but as night fell the
opposition Grunow closer to getting that
aid across the border yet how long will
you stay here tonight
people are gonna sleep here they were
gonna spend the night I'm gonna get
ready for tomorrow a night has come it
is eerie here a total of eight trucks
left with humanitarian aid only three
trucks made it to Venezuela and two of
those trucks were incinerated but the
effort begins anew tomorrow we're live
in cucuta Colombia tonight Louie Aguirre
local 10 News incredible thank you Louie
well also at the Colombian border
self-proclaimed president Wong why
though met today with Venezuelan
military who decided to desert Nicolas
Maduro
he assured them amnesty if they stand on
what he says is the right side of the
Constitution right oh is also expected
to meet with Vice President Mike Pence
on Monday meanwhile on the Venezuelan
Brazilian border three people were
killed trying to escort trucks full of
humanitarian aid into the country
eighteen people also injured they're
taken to a nearby hospital two trucks
are still stuck at that border
accompanied by several opposition
supporters guarding the aim through the
night inside Venezuela now a huge march
was held in support of Nicolas Maduro
who later addressed the crowd and said
he is cutting ties with Colombia Codey
Weddle is live in Venezuela tonight with
part of that story Kody and the
Colombian foreign ministry tonight is
warning Nicolas Maduro that he will be
responsible for whatever happens to
Colombian diplomats in this country as
relations between these two countries
that were formerly considered brothers
has reached a new low tonight Nicolas
Maduro breaking all diplomatic ties with
neighboring Colombia even ordering
Colombian diplomats out of the country
in the next 24 hours nunca nunca humma
saying a Colombian president has never
reached laws like this I would like to
tell him that he is the devil his orders
coming in response to this mayhem today
on the border between the two countries
on the Venezuelan side opposition
protesters clashing with soldiers
throughout the day this bus hijacked set
on fire and driven into a school
protesters attempting to remove
barricades to get to the border
ultimately these activists unable to
receive the humanitarian aid on the
other side they remain determined that
humanitarian aid is entering no matter
what we are ready to make it happen at
last count Colombian authorities now
saying at least 60 Venezuelan officials
like these defected today crossing the
border and turning themselves over but
that falls short of the entire
battalions needed to allow those trucks
to pass over the bridges for now that
means this battle continues and 1y
though with a tweet tonight saying that
he is considering a formal request to
the international community to put all
options on the table here translation we
are one step closer to some type of
military confrontation here reporting
from san antonio the attached' I'm Cody
Waddell local 10 News