President Maduro blames much of the violence on the
Venezuelan side of the border on Colombian paramilitaries, whom he accuses of
crossing the border freely to commit crimes. In order to fight these gangs he
declared a 60-day state of emergency on Friday which, among other things,
allows the authorities to search homes without a warrant. But his Colombian
counterpart said those who had been deported were "no paramilitaries but
poor and humble families who only want to live and work". President Santos said some had complained of mistreatment by
the Venezuelan security forces, saying some parents had been forcibly separated
from their children. "The way in which many Colombians have been expelled
from Venezuelan territory is unacceptable," he warned. But the Venezuelan
foreign minister dismissed allegations of mistreatment as "media
lies".
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