Venezuela to close border with Colombia to fight smuggling

By ETCO
18/08/2014

Since last Monday, 11/08, Venezuela has closed its border with Colombia at night to combat the smuggling of Venezuelan products to the neighboring country, including gasoline and food, the state agency said. AVN news.

According to the government, this border closure was agreed between President Nicolás Maduro and his Colombian colleague Juan Manuel Santos during their first meeting. August in Cartagena, where smuggling was at the center of his agenda.

"This is a closure along the entire border, that is, the 2.200 km between Venezuela and Colombia", indicated the military commander in charge of the operation, Vladimir Padrino López, in the state of Zulia, one of the main crossing points of smuggling.

Source: UOL Portal