The diplomats, accompanied by Venezuelan police, crossed the border at San Antonio. On Saturday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro severed diplomatic ties with Colombia, accusing its neighbor for “attacks against Venezuela,” and ordered Colombian diplomats out of Venezuela in 24 hours.
The rupture of diplomatic relations came after self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido tried to force US-sponsored humanitarian aid held in Colombia, into Venezuela.
Colombia had 15 diplomats stationed in the embassy in Caracas and 15 consulates in main Venezuelan cities.
“The diplomatic personnel of Colombia were ordered to leave for Bogota (Colombia). We regret that we were forced to make this decision, but the country cannot tolerate such aggression, so many lies, cannot tolerate that another country has become a military base for an invasion of Venezuela,” said Freddy Bernal.
According to Bernal, Venezuela is the target of aggression and a coup plot led by the United States, with criminal gangs from Colombia being at the forefront of these efforts. Amid growing crisis around Venezuela-bound aid deliveries, the Colombian Defense Ministry, in a comment to Sputnik on Saturday, denied that US forces were moving across its country in the run-up to the deliveries.
