Venezuelan National Guards Rosales Jimenez and Kari Castro Marquez talk to each other during an interview with Reuters in Cucuta, Colombia February 24, 2019. Picture taken February 24, 2019. REUTERS/Marco Bello
CUCUTA, Colombia (Reuters) - Sergeant Javier Gonzalez knew he would be killed if caught deserting Venezuela's military to flee to Colombia, but the thought of his nine-month-old son suffering the lack of milk and diapers in his economically devastated country steeled his resolve.
Gonzalez's wife, Sergeant Kari Castro, escaped a day later on Sunday, crossing a riverbed near the Colombia city of Cucuta with their baby and two other family members.
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