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>> reporter: it was build as a new dawn when the opposition planned waves of venezuela refugees would take aid back into their home land across the busiest border bridge with colombia. but it was closed. blocks blocked physically by police and violent pro government gangs. the young police taunted or begged into changing sides. i'm venezuelan, she said, holding up an i.d. and my father was a sergeant. the hunger. the water you're drinking, she says, it is colombian because your president doesn't give you any. bring it out here to us. i eat or drink soda whenever i want here, he says. the harde...

Opposition plans waves of venezuelan refugees would simply take them back into their homeland across the busiest border bridge with colombia. but it was closed, blocked physically by venezuelan riot police. and behind them violent pro-government gangs. the young police taunted or begged into changing sides. i'm venezuelan, she says, holding up her i.d., and hi father was a sergeant. how do you stop me crossing? but they were venezuelans, too, and also knew its collapse, its hunger, and here the heat first. the water you are drinking, she says, it's colombian because your president doesn't give...

Bullets, fired by security forces, having another go at it again today. here are the scenes that sparked such strong international reaction. it had been billed as a new dawn when the opposition planned waves of venezuelan refugees would simply take aid back into their homeland across the busiest border bridge with colombia. but it was closed, blocked physically by venezuelan riot police and behind them violent pro-government gangs. the young police taunted or begged into changing sides. "i'm venezuelan" she says, holding up her i.d., "and my father was a sergeant." they stopped her from crossi...

Monday in colombia. officials closed some of the border crossings between venezuela and colombia in order to evaluate the damage from the protests. nick paton walsh was there at the scene as chaos unfolded and filed this report. >> reporter: it had been billed as a new dawn, when the opposition planned waves of venezuelan refugees would simply take aid back into their homeland, across the busiest border bridge with colombia. but it was closed. blocked physically by venezuelan riot police. and behind them, violent pro-government gangs. the young police taunted or begged into changing sides. i'm...

Well, what we're looking at here are new images that we're getting outside of venezuela this morning. you heard tear gas dispersing there. this is at the border bridge, along the border of colombia and venezuela. that's a vehicular and pedestrian bridge that connects stw the two countries. you can see the line being formed. they've got their shields raised chanting we want to work. we're told that men started throwing rocks at the guards as well. >> you saw the venezuelan national guard there. and there was a stable standoff for some time before things descended into what you're seeing here. a...