The Venezuelan youths, aged 12 and 18, were seized by bystanders in the Colombian town of Tibú last week, and accused of intending to rob a store, according to a statement by regional police. They were tied up and their hands bound, the statement said.In a widely circulated video seen by CNN, they appear surrounded by screaming people, who threatened to parade them across town.
"The truth is that our migrants are being murdered in Colombia," she said during a news conference in Caracas, vowing to raise the issue with multilateral organizations. While millions of migrants moved from Colombia to Venezuela in the 20th century to escape drug-related conflict in their country, the trend has reversed in the past few years due to Venezuela's economic collapse and political crisis. There are currently more than 1.
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