No se trata de la xenofobia al uso, esa que alimenta prejuicios y a menudo cataliza el sentir de la calle para transformarlo en banderas populistas. Pero fue algo parecido lo que llevó a las autoridades colombianas de migración y policía a empezar a usar desde 2019 como chivos expiatorios de disturbios, crisis sociales y sensaciones de inseguridad a los venezolanos irregulares, a los que expulsa por centenares, sin control judicial, sin responsabilidades claras. Lo cuenta este primer reportaje de una serie que publican en conjunto Armando.info y La Silla Vacía, de Colombia. Por Catalina Lobo-Guerrero. Texto Completo -> Armando.Info

Courtesy translation-> It is not about xenophobia to use, the one that feeds prejudices and often catalyzes the sentiment of the street to transform it into populist flags. But it was something similar that led the Colombian immigration and police authorities to start using irregular Venezuelans as scapegoats for riots, social crises and feelings of insecurity since 2019, whom they expel by hundreds, without judicial control, without clear responsibilities. This is the first report in a series published jointly by Armando.info and La Silla Vacía, from Colombia.

The extradition from Colombia of an alleged drug trafficker wanted in Texas and of interest in Florida may also provide new details about last year’s failed coup in Venezuela involving a Florida security company, two of whose members were captured and sentenced to long prison terms. By Kevin G. Hall, Antonio M. Delgado and Shirsho Dasgupta Full Text -> WRLNMiami