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123,000 Venezuelans cross border to Colombia looking for food

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A man peaks over the crowd waiting to cross the border into Colombia through the Simon Bolivar bridge in San Antonio del Tachira, Venezuela Sunday July 17, 2016. Tens of thousands of Venezuelans crossed the border into Colombia on Sunday to hunt for food and medicine that are in short supply at home. It's the second weekend in a row that Venezuelaâs government has opened the long-closed border connecting Venezuela to Colombia. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) (Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistribu)

A Venezuelan man seats next to supplies he just purchased in Cucuta, Colombia, Sunday, July 17, 2016. Tens of thousands of Venezuelans crossed the border into Colombia on Sunday to hunt for food and medicine that are in short supply at home. It's the second weekend in a row that Venezuela's government has opened the long-closed border connecting Venezuela to Colombia. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) (Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistribu)

Venezuelans wait in line to cross into Colombia through the Simon Bolivar bridge in San Antonio del Tachira, Venezuela, Sunday July 17, 2016. Tens of thousands of Venezuelans crossed the border into Colombia on Sunday to hunt for food and medicine that are in short supply at home. It's the second weekend in a row that Venezuelaâs government has opened the long-closed border connecting Venezuela to Colombia. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) (Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistribu)

Colombian policemen stand as a Venezuelan woman crosses into Colombia through the Simon Bolivar bridge linking San Antonio del Tachira, Venezuela, with Cucuta, Colombia, to buy supplies, Sunday, July 17, 2016. Tens of thousands of Venezuelans crossed the border into Colombia on Sunday to hunt for food and medicine that are in short supply at home. It's the second weekend in a row that Venezuelaâs government has opened the long-closed border connecting Venezuela to Colombia, and by 6 a.m., a line of would-be shoppers snaked through the entire town of San Antonio del Tachira. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) (Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistribu)

A woman carries toilet paper as she and others return to Venezuela through the Simon Bolivar bridge in Cucuta, Colombia, Sunday, July 17, 2016. Tens of thousands of Venezuelans crossed the border into Colombia on Sunday to hunt for food and medicine that are in short supply at home. It's the second weekend in a row that Venezuela's government has opened the long-closed border connecting Venezuela to Colombia. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) (Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistribu)

A man walks by Colobian policemen as he crosses into Colombia through the Simon Bolivar bridge linking San Antonio del Tachira, Venezuela, with Cucuta, Colombia, Sunday, July 17, 2016. Tens of thousands of Venezuelans crossed the border into Colombia on Sunday to hunt for food and medicine that are in short supply at home. It's the second weekend in a row that Venezuelaâs government has opened the long-closed border connecting Venezuela to Colombia, and by 6 a.m., a line of would-be shoppers snaked through the entire town of San Antonio del Tachira. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) (Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistribu)

Venezuelans wait in line to cross into Colombia through the Simon Bolivar bridge in San Antonio del Tachira, Venezuela, Sunday July 17, 2016. Tens of thousands of Venezuelans crossed the border into Colombia on Sunday to hunt for food and medicine that are in short supply at home. It's the second weekend in a row that Venezuelaâs government has opened the long-closed border connecting Venezuela to Colombia. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) (Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistribu)

A Venezuelan woman carrying her daughter struggles as she waits among hundreds of people to cross into Colombia through the Simon Bolivar bridge in San Antonio del Tachira, Venezuela, Sunday July 17, 2016. Tens of thousands of Venezuelans crossed the border into Colombia on Sunday to hunt for food and medicine that are in short supply at home. It's the second weekend in a row that Venezuelaâs government has opened the long-closed border connecting Venezuela to Colombia. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) (Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistribu)

Venezuelans carrying their purchases return to their country through the Simon Bolivar bridge in Cucuta, Colombia, Sunday, July 17, 2016. Tens of thousands of Venezuelans crossed the border into Colombia on Sunday to hunt for food and medicine that are in short supply at home. It's the second weekend in a row that Venezuela's government has opened the long-closed border connecting Venezuela to Colombia. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) (Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistribu)

A Venezuelan woman walks by a Colombian policeman as she crosses into Colombia through the Simon Bolivar bridge linking San Antonio del Tachira, Venezuela, with Cucuta, Colombia, to buy supplies, Sunday, July 17, 2016. Tens of thousands of Venezuelans crossed the border into Colombia on Sunday to hunt for food and medicine that are in short supply at home. It's the second weekend in a row that Venezuelaâs government has opened the long-closed border connecting Venezuela to Colombia. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) (Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistribu)

A Venezuelan man shakes hands with a Colombian soldier as he returns to Venezuela through the Simon Bolivar bridge with others after purchasing supplies in Cucuta, Colombia, Sunday July 17, 2016. Tens of thousands of Venezuelans crossed the border into Colombia on Sunday to hunt for food and medicine that are in short supply at home. It's the second weekend in a row that Venezuela's government has opened the long-closed border connecting Venezuela to Colombia. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) (Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistribu)

Venezuelans return to their country through the Simon Bolivar bridge after purchasing supplies in Cucuta, Colombia, Sunday July 17, 2016. Tens of thousands of Venezuelans crossed the border into Colombia on Sunday to hunt for food and medicine that are in short supply at home. It's the second weekend in a row that Venezuela's government has opened the long-closed border connecting Venezuela to Colombia. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) (Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistribu)

A man carrying a car tire on his neck returns to Venezuela through the Simon Bolivar bridge in Cucuta, Colombia, Sunday July 17, 2016. Tens of thousands of Venezuelans crossed the border into Colombia on Sunday to hunt for food and medicine that are in short supply at home. It's the second weekend in a row that Venezuela's government has opened the long-closed border connecting Venezuela to Colombia. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) (Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistribu)

Venezuelans cross the Simon Bolivar bridge linking San Antonio del Tachira, Venezuela, with Cucuta, Colombia, to buy supplies, Sunday, July 17, 2016. Tens of thousands of Venezuelans crossed the border into Colombia on Sunday to hunt for food and medicine that are in short supply at home. It's the second weekend in a row that Venezuelaâs government has opened the long-closed border connecting Venezuela to Colombia, and by 6 a.m., a line of would-be shoppers snaked through the entire town of San Antonio del Tachira. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) (Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistribu)

A woman pays in Venezuelan currency her purchases in a store in Cucuta, Colombia, Sunday July 17, 2016. Tens of thousands of Venezuelans crossed the border into Colombia on Sunday to hunt for food and medicine that are in short supply at home. It's the second weekend in a row that Venezuela's government has opened the long-closed border connecting Venezuela to Colombia. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) (Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistribu)

Venezuelans gather to cross the border between Venezuela and Colombia at the Simon Bolivar bridge in San Antonio del Tachira, Venezuela, to buy supplies Sunday July 17, 2016. Tens of thousands of Venezuelans crossed the border into Colombia on Sunday to hunt for food and medicine that are in short supply at home. It's the second weekend in a row that Venezuelaâs government has opened the long-closed border connecting Venezuela to Colombia, and by 6 a.m., a line of would-be shoppers snaked through the entire town of San Antonio del Tachira. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) (Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistribu)