Hunger is stronger than border policy Posted on June 14, 2021August 3, 2021 by Caritas How hunger and COVID-19 have made Venezuelan migration more dangerousLA PARADA, Colombia When she was certain the gunfire had stopped, Ana Teresa Castillo helped up the children she had been shielding with her body. They had been crossing an illicit trail linking Colombia and Venezuela when a shootout erupted between armed criminal gangs vying for control of the lucrative smuggling route.