Manuel Rueda
Manuel Rueda is a correspondent for Fusion, covering Mexico and South America. He travels from donkey festivals, to salsa clubs to steamy places with cartel activity.
Ivan Antonio/Colombia Customs Police
Police in Cucuta inspect an SUV that was smuggling beef from Venezuela into Colombia on Feb 17.
Ivan Antonio/Colombia Customs Police
Colombian police intercept a truck smuggling whiskey, in Cucuta, Feb 13
Ivan Antonio/Colombia Customs Police
This vehicle that was smuggling booze into Colombia posed as a gas truck.
Ivan Antonio/Colombia Customs Police
The truck had a secret compartment in which smugglers hid vodka brought from Venezuela. It was confiscated by Colombian police on Feb 13
Ivan Antonio/Colombia Customs Police
A load of contraband rice from Venezuela, confiscated in Cucuta, Colombia on March 12
Ivan Antonio/Colombia Customs Police
Smuggled egg cartons intercepted by police in Cucuta, Colombia on Feb11
Ivan Antonio/Colombia Customs Police
Chicken and Cow feed intercepted on the Colombia-Venezuela border on Feb 12
Ivan Antonio/Colombia Customs Police
Whisky bottles smuggled into Colombia from Venezuela, confiscated by Police on Feb 13
Ivan Antonio/Colombia Customs Police
Powdered milk and baby formula are frequently smuggled from Venezuela into Colombia where these products can sell for ten times as much.
Ivan Antonio/Colombia Customs Police
Subsidized beef originally imported by the Venezuelan government from Brazil, is confiscated near Cucuta, Colombia in July 2014
Ivan Antonio/Colombia Customs Police
A taxi is caught trying to smuggle beef from Venezuela into Colombia, Jan 19
Manuel Rueda is a correspondent for Fusion, covering Mexico and South America. He travels from donkey festivals, to salsa clubs to steamy places with cartel activity.
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