FOX: More than 450 Venezuelan soldiers have defected in just four days as the country plunges deeper into chaos.
Soldiers who have sought refuge in Colombia since the weekend told the Associated Press that the catalyst for defection was the command from above to keep desperately needed humanitarian aid from their compatriots.
“I was tired of people seeing me as just one more of them,” Sgt. Jorge Torres said, referring to President Nicolas Maduro’s socialist government. “I’m not.”
A high-stakes plan by the Venezuelan opposition to bring humanitarian aid into the country floundered over the weekend when National Guard troops loyal to Maduro refused to let the trucks carrying food and medical supplies cross.
Troops found themselves engaged in violent confrontations with their fellow Venezuelans. Many abandoned their posts and ran for their lives across the border into Colombia, which has become a refuge for the newly homeless, mostly low-ranking soldiers.
Colombian immigration officials said on Tuesday that so far, more than 320 Venezuelan soldiers have defected since the weekend. read more
If I had lottery money… I’d get word out to the Venezuela military that money would be paid for defectors.
Once the flood started…there’d be no stopping it.
I guess Occasional-Cortex and Sean Penn and some of the other Hollywood Ho’s are hoping the Venezuela thing just blows over and everybody forgets about it. With the news cycle lasting about one hour, that may well happen.
Don’t worry America! If the current communist regime gets too communist, “your” loyal, oath keeping, an heroes will save you. Even before the bullets and sammiches run out.