New complaints were learned about situations of insecurity that candidates for the Congress of the republic in the department of Magdalena.
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This time, Claudia Vázquez, a candidate for a peace seat, assured that as an applicant it has been impossible for her to promote her name in the upper parts of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, due to the presence of armed groups.
He found some armed men on a motorcycle on the trail that leads to the corregimiento and they prevented him from entering
According to Vázquez, in this territory he is only allowed to enter Rodrigo ‘Yoyo’ Tovar Vélez, son of alias ‘Jorge 40’, who through alleged intimidation is pressuring the population to vote for his proposal.
“My running mate Daimer Dangond was going to the village of Doña María, in the upper part of the Sierra, and found some armed men on a motorcycle on the trail that leads to the village and they prevented him from entering,” Vázquez said.
This situation was reported to the authoritieswho did not give him the relevance he demanded, according to what he said, because they did not have enough evidence.
However, the issue became more relevant after another politician, also in the same area, announced a similar fact.
In this case, the armed men intercepted him and they disarmed their scheme of security. Subsequently, they were forced to withdraw from the territory.
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Authorities are investigating both cases.
Based on both situations, an investigation was initiated into what is happening in specific points of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
This testimony reinforces the version of the legal adviser of the government of Magdalena, José Humberto Torres, who warned that in that department there are armed groups that accompany the application of Jorge Rodrigo Tovar, son of former paramilitary leader Rodrigo Tovar Pupo, alias ‘Jorge 40’.
“In Magdalena, the GAO (Organized Armed Groups), heirs to paramilitarism, are forcing voters to vote for alias Yoyo, son of paramilitary chief Jorge 40; Everything indicates that the heirs of the parapolitics will also return to Congress,” the departmental official warned at the time.
Roger Urieles
For THE WEATHER Santa Marta
@rogeruv
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