Deadliest Journeys - Colombia-Venezuela: Trafficking On The Border
It is a 2,200 km long lawless zone in the middle of the jungle, dominated by the Andes Cordillera. A border that has always been uncontrollable between Colombia and Venezuela. A cartel paradise, except that here we dont traffic in cocaine, but in gasoline. Venezuela is the land of black gold, a quarter of the world’s oil reserves. Since the fall in the price of oil, the economy has collapsed, Venezuelans lack everything. Many have switched to gasoline trafficking. They buy fuel in Venezuela to resell it thirty times more expensive in Colombia… Every day, they cross the border on foot, 50 liter cans on their backs. High-risk trafficking, because across the border the Venezuelan military are not reluctant to shoot. This is the first time that cameras have managed to film these new kind of smugglers, and they are not welcome…
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