Current Events > Brazilian border residents drive out Venezuelan immigrants burning their stuff..

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-brazil-border/brazilian-border-town-residents-drive-out-venezuelan-immigrants-idUSKBN1L30NV

Angry residents of the Brazilian border town of Pacaraima ran riot and drove out Venezuelan immigrants on Saturday after a local restaurant owner was stabbed and beaten, residents and government officials said.

The demonstrations forced hundreds of Venezuelans to flee back across the frontier on foot and residents set fire to the belongings they left behind and to tires to block the only road crossing between the two countries, video images released by the state of Roraima government showed.

The outburst of anger was sparked by the robbery and severe beating of a resident in his home on Friday night by four Venezuelans, Roraima state security secretary Giuliana Castro said by telephone.

The four Venezuelan suspects stole 23,000 reais ($5,800) from the restaurant owner, identified only as Raimundo. He suffered head injuries and was taken to hospital unconscious but was reported to be out of danger, said Castro, who is also head of the states police force.

After crossing back into their country, Venezuelans migrants attacked a group of 30 Brazilians who were shopping across the border and who had to be taken to a shelter, Castro said.

Tens of thousands of Venezuelans have poured over the border into Roraima state over the last few years, fleeing economic and political turmoil in their country. The influx has overwhelmed the states social services and brought a rise in crime, prostitution and disease, and has sparked incidents of xenophobia, Brazilian government officials say.

Even Brazilians getting tired of socialist bullshit, gg
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Ugh fuck those thieves
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LittleScootaIoo posted...

Ugh fuck those thieves

The Brazilians or Venezuelan thieves? Or both?
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Jajajajaja

Not even the Brazilians want the socialists lmao
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Zikten posted...

Jajajajaja

Hue hue hue
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The place has been a disaster in recent times.

But open borders are good for the economy!!

Dont they know anything?
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Isnt Brazil going through their own political turmoil?

South America just seems like a mess all the time, of course that could be just the media
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