Thousands of Venezuelans flee to Columbia afraid of military clash

On Sunday, thousands of Venezuelans migrated to Columbia, fearing the clash between the Venezuelan military and irregular armed groups accusing soldiers of abuses, including killing civilians.
The stride was the reciprocation to Venezuela’s National Bolivarian Armed Forces launching an offensive against illegal armed groups in La Victoria, a municipality in Venezuela’s Apure border province.
“They raided our house and took everything from us. When they arrived they broke everything, the doors, they entered and took everything I had in the house, the workshop,” mechanic Jose Castillo, who arrived in Colombia with his pregnant wife and 12-year-old daughter on Friday, told media.
“I couldn’t stay because they are killing people. They killed some neighbors and dressed them in Venezuelan army uniforms to pass them off as guerrillas,” Castillo said.
The victims were residents of La Victoria and its surroundings, they said.
the country’s chief prosecutor Tarek Saab wrote in a Twitter message on Friday, Venezuela will investigate events in La Victoria, and punish those responsible if abuses of human rights are discovered.