WAUKESHA, Wis. (SPECTRUM NEWS)- Things went from bad to worse in Venezuela this week. The country is in the middle of an economic and political crisis, prompting the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to suspend all commercial and cargo flights into the country. Now, even people living in the U.S. who have families there can't help.

A Venezuelan immigrant and restaurant owner in Waukesha, Francisco Mohamed, is one of over 3 million people who have fled.

He came to Waukesha four years ago with his wife and daughter to start over.

“I leave my country because of the situation, it was amazing if you could make your pocket full of money but you could go to super market and don’t find anything," says Mohamed. "And when you go back home and your daughter says daddy where’s my milk, and you don’t have milk to give to you daughter, that hurts you know?”

Mohamed says in Venezuela, he used to own a big company with up to 100 employees. But as the economy there crumbled so did his legacy. The recent suspension of all flights or any mail to Venezuela, makes it nearly impossible for him to help his family he left behind.

“In the middle of this is the population," says Mohamed, "A population that is  starving, dying because of the lack of medication. God, its not possible to continue in this situation”

Mohamed says he believes at least 90% of Venezuelans are waiting for international help or a military intervention.