It is a 2200 km long lawless zone in the middle of the jungle, dominated by the Andes Cordillera. A border that has always been uncontrollable between Colombia and Venezuela.

00:00 Gasoline: the new currency of Venezuela
05:30 Military operations under high tension
18:40 Cúcuta, the city of border traffic
23:23 The gas and chicken traffickers
34:10 The largest coal deposit in the world in the heart of the Wayuu territory
43:10 A long way to school
46:30 The descendants of the Wayuu people

Cartel paradise, except that here we do not traffic in cocaine, but in gasoline. Venezuela is the land of black gold, a quarter of the world's oil reserves. Since the fall in the price of oil the economy has collapsed, Venezuelans lack everything. Many have converted to gasoline trafficking. They buy fuel in Venezuela to resell it for thirty times more in Colombia… Every day, they cross the border on foot, 50litre cans on their backs. A highrisk traffic, because on the other side of the border, the Venezuelan soldiers do not hesitate to shoot. This is the first time that cameras have managed to film these new kind of smugglers, and they are not welcome...

Director: Paul Comiti, David Geoffrion