People queue to cross into Venezuela from Colombia through the Simon Bolivar international bridge in Cucuta, Colombia, February 13, 2018. Thomson Reuters 2019-02-05T16:06:00Z ...

However, since 2011, Colombia’s most powerful BACRIM, the Urabeños, have made a violent attempt to take control of Cucuta and the surrounding region, leaving a trail of dead in their wake. “Contraband ...

Item 1 of 16 People attend the commercial reopening of Venezuela–Colombia border, at the Simon Bolivar International Bridge, in Cucuta, Colombia September 26, 2022.

And Colombia’s migration authorities said 23 members of the security forces had crossed the border and defected from Mr. Maduro’s authoritarian regime. ... under a massive flag hung from a crane.

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido is moving ahead with plans to try to bring in humanitarian aid through the Colombian border city of Cucuta, where the U.S. government will transport and ...