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CUCUTA, Colombia (AP) — Venezuelans frustrated over their nation's crippling food and medical shortages are expected to join opposition leaders Saturday in a potentially risky push to deliver international aid that Nicolas Maduro has refused to accept into the country. The opposition is calling on masses of Venezuelans to help trucks carrying the nearly 200 metric tons of humanitarian assistance delivered largely by the United States over the last two weeks across several border bridges in Colombia. (snip) "We think it's going to enter," opposition leader David Smolansky said in the lead up to the push. "There will be so...

Easter morning was filled with terror for some residents south of the border. The Tamaulipas Attorney General's Office (PGJE) confirmed that one person is dead and six others are wounded following a series of attracks. It all started around 4:30 a.m. Easter Sunday in the coastal towns of Tampico and Ciudad Madero. PGJE officials reported that gunmen damaged a gas station and several other businesses. Authorities reported that seven people were caught in the crossfire and taken to local hospitals where one of them passed away. The identities of person killed and those wounded were not released. No suspects have...