A Venezuelan opposition leader is in grave condition after he was poisoned with 'Devil's Breath' drug as hundreds of people protest for vital food and medicine.
Freddy Superlano, a member of interim president Juan Guaido's party, was targeted with the dangerous drug while having breakfast in a restaurant at the Colombian border.
His party confirmed the leader's cousin and assistant also died of the same poison - often used in robberies and sex attacks.
At least two people were killed and 300 hurt yesterday as protesters battled to get vital food and medicine across the Venezuelan border.
Police fired tear gas in a clash with activists when hundred of volunteers tried to bring more than 200 tonnes of aid from Colombia into the country.
Freddy Superlano, a member of Juan Guaido's party, is reportedly in a serious condition after being poisoned with 'Devil's Breath' drug while having breakfast at the Colombian border
Demonstrators use large rocks to smash the windows of a bus they commandeered during clashes with the Bolivarian National Guard in Urena
Police clashed with activists and fired tear gas when hundred of volunteers tried to bring more than 200 tonnes of aid from Colombia into the country
Venezuelan soldiers began abandoning their border posts yesterday, sparking jubilation among hundreds of thousands of protesters.
US Senator Marco Rubio condemned the attack on Mr Superlano as a 'grave situation'.
The deserters were seen as a further sign that President Nicolas Maduro was losing his grip on power in the crisis-torn South American country.
Troops loyal to the embattled leader fired tear gas at protesters when violence flared as hundreds of thousands of volunteers tried to cross the border with food and medicine.
Nicolas Maduro nd first lady Cilia Flores attend a pro-government rally in Caracas yesterday. At least four National Guard officers abandoned their posts at the Colombian border in a sign that Maduro’s support among the military was about to crumble
Opposition leader and self-declared interim president Juan Guaido had vowed to bring in aid to the country’s starving.
Tensions surfaced between the military and civilians last week as loyalist soldiers shot dead two protesters and injured others along the Brazilian border on Friday.
But yesterday, in a sign that
