They deny access to a Venezuelan transport line in Colombia for denouncing border irregularities

Fuente: News All Now

What seemed to be a dream for Venezuelan transportation on the border became a martyrdom for many of them. On July 21, 2023, both countries agreed on the passage of public transport vehicles between the two nations. This would benefit this sector, but also those who wish to acquire this type of service.

However, the large number of requirements requested by Colombia and the government of the metropolitan area of ​​Norte de Santander for Venezuelan transportation that wishes to cross the border, prevents more than 90% of the fleet from failing to do so.

What requirements do they ask of Venezuelan carriers who cross the border?

– Driving license.

– Technical – mechanical inspection (501,274 pesos or 132 dollars).

– Current mandatory SOAT insurance (605,000 pesos or 160 dollars)

– Valid passport, citizenship or Venezuelan identity card, Special Permanence Permit (PEP), Temporary Protection Permit (PPT), Border Mobility Card (TMF).

Additionally, as of April 1, the Cúcuta metropolitan area implemented a new certificate requirement. It costs 87 thousand pesos (USD $23), and this was not discussed at the tables. binational. “They impose a certificate on us that was never discussed at the binational table with a world of obstacles,” explained Jorge Romero, president of the V República line.

This investment must be made annually. Even so, the few carriers that have all the active requirements at the border cannot cover the expenses incurred to obtain their permits.

Transport line denounces impediment in the passage to Colombia

Romero highlighted that These new regulations paralyzed the transportation companies that already provided service on the border, affecting numerous families. Four vehicles committed offenses by not submitting the last requirement, but they were sanctioned and their vehicles detained. After the incident, the company filed a complaint and then all vehicles of this transportation line were prevented from passing through the border.

More than 115 border carriers affected by the impediment of passage to Colombia. Photo Luzfrandy Contreras.

“We are a line of 115 cars and for four cars we have 111 families suffering the yoke of the metropolitan area of ​​Cúcuta,” said. The company filed complaints and protections to try to reverse these measures. He warned that the losses of these carriers at the border exceed 2.4 billion pesos in these hundred days of paralysis.

He also criticized the lack of coherence in the new regulations, which include additional technical and preventive reviews. “We are paralyzed, that is why 111 families are suffering because we are one hundred and fifteen families and there are four families, four cars that have some videos but those colleagues never stop to do a procedure,” he concluded.

This and other irregularities were presented to the Legislative Council of Táchira. They hope that regional and national authorities can reach an agreement regarding and treat border carriers equally.

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