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Venezuelan defectors in Colombia want dissident armed forceAndrea TorresCUCUTA, Colombia - Juan Guiadó's call for military defectors to join him and stand against Nicolás Maduro didn't go unheard. Eddier Rodriguez is among the hundreds of Venezuelan members of the military, police and intelligence services who answered Guiadó's call to stand on "the right side of history" three months ago.Since Colombian authorities are treating dissidents as asylum-seekers and giving them work permits, Rodriguez found a job as a security guard in Bogotá. But not for long, the former Venezuelan army sergeant got tired of waiting to go back home. Without any further instructions from Guiadó or the Colombian government, Rodriguez said he decided to organize a group of defactors to stand ready to fight to overthrow Maduro. He said neither Guiadó nor Venezuelan businessmen have answered his request for weapons. Read more at: https://www.local10.com/news/venezuela/venezuelan-dissident-force-in-colombia-wants-weapons
