Since January 2, when 23 bodies of alleged dissidents were found in various municipalities of Araucathey have not had a single day of peace there.
This beginning of the year has been one of the most violent in recent times in the department due to a war between the FARC dissidents and the guerrilla The n. This confrontation even has four of the seven municipalities under curfew.
(In context: What is behind the attacks of the Eln and the dissidences to the Public Force)
Among the latest acts of violence is the murder this Thursday of a soldier, soldier Edilson Yovany Roncancio, who died after being the victim of an explosive device in Fortul. Two other soldiers were injured in this act attributed to the ELN. Also, on Wednesday night he was murdered Herman Naranjo Quintero, a communal leader who had been kidnapped the day before.
That same night, the FARC dissidents kidnapped five workers from the Tecnioriente company in Arauquita, who were released this Thursday.
Everyone would like the armed actors of the groups in confrontation to sit down at a table and, as has happened on other occasions, to come to an agreement on their differences.
According to the authorities, 66 people have been murdered there so far this year, including several social leaders. Three in the last week.
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This has caused fear in the population, who denounced that before the authorities decreed a curfew in Tame, Saravena, Arauquita and Fortul, the illegals had already filed one and after 6 in the afternoon no one walked through these towns.
Faced with this, the community has come together and has taken to the streets to ask the illegals to get them out of their war. But the violence does not stop and many, out of fear, have been displaced.
figures of the Ombudsman They point out that 1,284 people out of 424 have left their homes, either from rural areas to urban centers or other municipalities. There are those who have fled to other departments such as Norte de Santander and Casanare.
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Among the displaced are 51 former FARC guerrillas, who were advancing their reincorporation process in this territory, but are at risk because the armed groups want to recruit them.
We reject the murder of our professional soldier Edilson Yovany Roncancio Carrillo, who while protecting the population of Fortul #arauca was the victim of an explosive charge installed by the organized armed group ELN, a violation of human rights and international humanitarian law #HeroForever (one) pic.twitter.com/L568zHCx85
– Colombian National Army (@COL_EJERCITO) February 3, 2022
This scenario has generated concern among human rights defenders in the country, as well as in entities such as the United Nations Organization (UN), which asked the State two weeks ago to strengthen its comprehensive presence.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), for its part, sees the humanitarian situation in Arauca as worrying. This organization, which has had an office in Saravena for 30 years, issued a statement to guarantee the rights of the communities.
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“We call on all armed actors to respect humanitarian norms and take precautionary measures to protect the population and civilian objects from the effects of hostilities. It is important to guarantee the life and integrity of civilians and preserve community spaces,” said Nicolás Ferminet, head of the ICRC office in Saravena.
The Catholic Church, which since the beginning of the year has called for peace in this region, calling on the illegals not to affect the civilian population, as well as the State to make an integral presence, also spoke in the last hours .
This Thursday it was learned that Father Darío Echeverri, general secretary of the National Conciliation Commission of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia, met a few weeks ago with leaders of Arauca, who told him that they are afraid.
(Keep reading: Arauca: Church calls on the Government to listen to the population)
“Everyone would like the armed actors of the groups in confrontation to sit at a table and, just as has happened on other occasions, to be able to agree on their differences and solve their problems. That is the first thing, the constant of all those present”, said Echeverri.
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