Mario Vallejo and his cameraman are welcomed as heroes at Univisión

Cuban journalist Mario Vallejo and his cameraman were received with applause and cheers by his Univision colleagues upon their return from Venezuela, where bothreported the violent events that occurred last weekend.

“It has been a day of many emotions. Returning to work with my cameraman Lázaro Abreu, welcomed as if we were heroes for coverage that, I am very sure, many of my colleagues would have done the same, only that the people who were assigned at that moment were us. But very few of my companions would have stayed far from the line of fire, that's for sure. Thank you very much for the enormous satisfaction I feel when receiving that sincere hug from many whom I respect and admire,” he commented on Facebook.

Vallejo recognized the courage of the Venezuelans, who helped him and his technician when they were sprayed with tear gas launched by the police of the Nicolás Maduro regime, and who confront the military armed only with stones.