Aid Truck Goes up in Flames on Colombian-Venezuelan Border

Saturday, 23 February 2019 04:59 PM EST ET

One truck in a convoy attempting to bring humanitarian aid into Venezuela from Colombia went up in flames on Saturday, sending plumes of dark smoke into the air, footage from a Venezuelan television channel showed.

Crowds started removing boxes of supplies from a second truck, the footage showed, the same day Venezuelan troops loyal to President Nicolas Maduro fired tear gas and rubber pellets at opposition supporters seeking to deliver food and medicine.

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One truck in a convoy attempting to bring humanitarian aid into Venezuela from Colombia went up in flames on Saturday, sending plumes of dark smoke into the air, footage from a Venezuelan television channel showed.Crowds started removing boxes of supplies from a second...
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