The governor of the state of Tachira, Freddy Bernal, informed today that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela closes its border with Colombia, from 05H00 (local time) this Friday until 05H00 next Monday, in order to preserve the peace of the people of Tachira in the face of a possible international conspiracy against the country. teleSUR
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00:00Let's continue with other news. In this context of the preparations today, the governor of the
00:03state of Tashira, Freddy Bernal, announced the temporary closure of the border with
00:07Colombia from this Friday, January 10th, through Monday, January 13th.
00:16Greetings, Venezuela. Greetings, Tashira. We have worked a lot to achieve in this beautiful
00:21land of Tashira, guarantee security and peace. A state that for many years has suffered the
00:28siege of parliamentary Colombian groups. In this occasion, we have information of an
00:34international conspiracy to disturb the peace of Venezuelans, and especially in this area,
00:40in the border. In that sense, I make a call to understand of all social sectors, farmers,
00:47businessmen, entrepreneurs, and the people that normally go and come from Venezuela and Colombia,
00:54that understand why we are going to close the border of Colombia
00:58from 5 a.m. today until 5 a.m. on Monday. Be certain that we have absolute control of the
01:07state and we will guarantee, under any circumstance, tranquility and peace of all the people of Tashira.