Between 800 and 900 Venezuelans leave daily from Cúcuta to other countries
The mayor of San José de Cúcuta, César Rojas Ayala, said that every day transport units leave for South American countries from that city and with Venezuelans who cross the border seeking stability.
"We are talking about the possibility of leaving between 800 and 900. This fluctuates according to the number of people seeking to leave Venezuela. We are talking about 30 or 40 buses, sometimes there are a lot of buses but there are always companies willing to sell a package to go to different parts of South America, "said Rojas Ayala.
He explained that on Monday there is the highest income of Venezuelans to Colombia to look for countries in the southern cone.
Rojas Ayala reiterated what was said by President Juan Manuel Santos and government and migration officials regarding the use of the current passport and the border mobility card, to enter from Venezuela into Colombian territory
"It is giving humanitarian aid to the elderly, to the children. And also the UN has said that we are going to open a space for those people who are sleeping in the streets. It will be handled directly by them, not by the Colombian State. That way we will not have more people sleeping in parks and streets of the city, "said the mayor
He indicated that the Venezuelans who emigrated should think about their situation and permanence in Cúcuta.
After the beginning of the application of measures to control the mass exodus of Creole to the neighboring country, Rojas Ayala explained that through the turnstiles placed on the Simón Bolívar international bridge they were able to verify the entry of up to 46,000 people, most of whom were Venezuelans He said they do not know where there are 5,000 people who entered the country so they are checking if they stayed in Cúcuta, in other departments or if they went to third countries
Fatal lodging
Colombian police authorities are looking for several Venezuelans who murdered a 72-year-old woman, identified as Flor María Pardo and who leased them rooms in her house when they arrived in New Granada territory. The event was registered this Friday in the Victoria neighborhood of the Atalaya sector. The woman was beheaded and her body left in the kitchen of the house.
Mayor Rojas said that "this is the way of operating Venezuelan crime: kill and then steal. According to intelligence of the police, it has been detected who they were, we found some Venezuelan identity cards there and they are working on that. "
He said that in El Escobal, very close to the Venezuelan town of Ureña, two old men were beheaded and their murderers were arrested in San Cristóbal.