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Why are Venezuelan refugees disappearing in Colombia?

Venezuelan soldiers patrol close to the border with Colombia, as part of a special deployment, at San Antonio in Tachira state, Venezuela, August 23, 2015.
Venezuelan soldiers patrol close to the border with Colombia, as part of a special deployment, at San Antonio in Tachira state, Venezuela, August 23, 2015 [Carlos Eduardo Ramirez/Reuters]
Published On 18 Jul 2023

Nestor Pena was last seen leaving his construction job in the Colombian city of Tulua to meet some friends for lunch. He left behind all his personal belongings, and no one has seen him since. Since 2015, more than 1,500 Venezuelans have vanished just like Nestor did, with only a fraction of the cases being resolved. The lack of access to justice compounds the challenges the families left in anguish face.

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In this episode: 

  • Christina Noriega (@c_mnoriega), freelance journalist

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Khaled Soltan with our host Kevin Hirten, in for Malika Bilal. Miranda Lin fact-checked this episode.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera AlDosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.

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Source: Al Jazeera