Venezuela crisis fuels crime wave in Colombia
The collapse in Venezuela’s currency has made cross-border smuggling a lucrative business for criminal gangs in Colombia.
Venezuela‘s economic and social crisis is fuelling a major increase in crime, not just at home, but also in neighbouring Colombia. The collapse in Venezuela’s currency has made cross-border smuggling a lucrative business for criminal gangs.
Al Jazeera’s Alessandro Rampietti, reporting from Villa del Rosario, went on night patrol with Colombian special forces on the hunt for smugglers.
Published On 31 Jan 2018