Cúcuta
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Sep 21, 2026
Katarina SzulcGUEST
So when I went to Colombia in January, I went right when Maduro was captured, uh, because I wanted to get into Venezuela, and they had closed their airspace.
Katarina SzulcGUEST
So I went to Cúcuta, which is a small town in Colombia right along the Venezuelan border, and Cúcuta at one point in time, especially when, um, El Chapo was, you know, still free and running the Sinaloa cartel, uh, was a major hotspot for Chapo's operators.
Katarina SzulcGUEST
And a lot of, you know, even his family members, his nephews, and major commanders within, in Sinaloa cartel were going to Cúcuta to run operations from within Colombia.
Katarina SzulcGUEST
And it's not too far from Catatumbo, which is where you'll see those, uh, hectares of coca plant grow ops.
Katarina SzulcGUEST
I actually took a helicopter ride to see, and all you see are just coca leaves for miles and miles.
César CaballeroGUEST
Date cuenta que los que están más abajo son Bolívar, Atlántico, Nariño y Cauca.
César CaballeroGUEST
¿Sí? El caso de alcaldes dicen que le va muy bien al alcalde de Manizales, Cúcuta, Pereira, Medellín y Bogotá.
César CaballeroGUEST
Y a quienes les va muy mal: Villavicencio, Popayán y Bucaramanga.
César CaballeroGUEST
Y mira esto, son los mismos líderes los que dicen que Paloma Valencia fue la mejor senadora y al mismo tiempo dicen que Jennifer Pedraza fue la mejor representante.
Juan NaulaNARRATOR
He requested assistance from Bolívar, who was given permission by the Cartagena authorities to lead his army of 400 men to reinforce Castillo and attack the Spanish.
Juan NaulaNARRATOR
On the 28th of February, the combined force attacked a Spanish army twice their size and captured the border town of Cúcuta with minimal casualties, further increasing the fame of the Venezuelan, who was appointed Brigadier General by President Torícez.
Juan NaulaNARRATOR
Fresh from his latest success, Bolívar was granted permission to invade his native Venezuela despite having only 500 men under his command after the jealous Castillo decided to quit the army.
Juan NaulaNARRATOR
Despite leading a small and ill-equipped army, Bolívar's aggressive strategy once again proved successful, capturing the undefended city of Mérida on the 23rd of May where he was proclaimed liberator and won 600 more men to his cause.
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Juan NaulaNARRATOR
On the 24th of June, Bolívar led 6,500 men to attack Spanish General Miguel de la Torre at Carabobo, where Páez's horsemen and the British Legion carried the day.
Juan NaulaNARRATOR
forcing what remained of the Spanish army to flight, the victorious Bolívar rode in triumph through the streets of his native Caracas on the 29th of June 1821.
Juan NaulaNARRATOR
On the 7th of September, Bolívar learned that the Congress of Cúcuta, which met to determine the constitution of Greater Colombia, had elected him president.
Juan NaulaNARRATOR
He reluctantly accepted the post in the belief that only his name could hold his new republic together.
Brett McBrideGUEST
And what they were carrying was all their worldly possessions, oftentimes in a backpack or two handbags.
Brett McBrideGUEST
And I remember visiting the border town in northeast Colombia called Cucuta.
Brett McBrideGUEST
And we went there to capture stories of how God was on the move through our partners, providing compassionate care for refugees who were seeking a better life.
Brett McBrideGUEST
And I remember meeting Pastor Maurizio.
Brett McBrideGUEST
He lived near the border of Cucuta, and he was moved by Christ for them to establish some outreach and some compassionate care in that border town.
Brett McBrideGUEST
Now, when we visited this town, the bridge to Venezuela, literally hundreds of thousands of people were pouring across the bridge all day, every day.
Brett McBrideGUEST
And I remember at nighttime, they would close the border and till the next morning.
Brett McBrideGUEST
But at nighttime, when they would shut everything down and shut the border down, the Colombian special forces would leave the area because it was too dangerous for them.
Derek DavisonHOST
Needless to say, those are not the only potential problems here.
Derek DavisonHOST
In Colombia, a car bomb killed at least one person and wounded another 10 outside a police station in the Colombian city of Cucuta on Tuesday.
Derek DavisonHOST
There is no indication as to responsibility, but authorities blamed a similar incident in the same city last month on National Liberation Army or ELN rebels.
Derek DavisonHOST
Elsewhere, Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella claimed on Monday that military forces had killed at least 20 members of the Central General Staff or the Estado Mayor Central militant group in airstrikes that morning in Guaviare province.
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For further information, see Panama Canal Authority, La Prensa and TVN Noticias.
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President Abelardo de la Espriella has ordered an intensified security offensive in Norte de Santander after a car bomb outside a police station near Cucuta killed one civilian and injured police and civilians.
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Colombian police attribute the attack to ELN structures operating near the Venezuelan border.
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The response matters because it reinforces a broader change in Colombia's security policy.
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Colombia Authorities say at least one person was killed and 11 others were wounded yesterday in a car bombing outside a police station in the town of Los Patios on the Colombia-Venezuela border.
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Reports note that Los Patios is part of the Cucuta metropolitan area, which has long been disputed by drug gangs and rebel groups fighting over smuggling routes leading into Venezuela.
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Netherlands Dutch police arrested 34 suspects yesterday, following an incident in which one person was fatally shot and two police officers were wounded in an apparent gang-related attack that involved some 30 masked men in the village of Overasselt.
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National Police Chief Jannie Knoll called the violence unprecedented and noted that among the suspects arrested were people from the Netherlands, France, Belgium and Algeria.
Ariel ÁvilaGUEST
Los otros ochenta son de gobernaciones y alcaldes.
Ariel ÁvilaGUEST
Por ejemplo, la esposa del alcalde de Cúcuta sacó como ochenta mil votos, un tipo además señalado de tener presuntas relaciones con narcotraficantes hoy día y eligió a su esposa.
Ariel ÁvilaGUEST
El alcalde de Pereira eligió a su esposa y así sucesivamente.
Ariel ÁvilaGUEST
Entonces, pasar una ley, pasar una reforma como esas que dice el profe es lo obvio, es lo sensato, es lo lógico, es lo que hay que hacer.