Moments of anxiety in the cargo transport sector in Antioquia. To the restrictions to mobilize in an environmental peak, violent attacks that have suffered on the roads of the department are added.
In less than 24 hours, on the way to the Caribbean Sea, jurisdiction of Puerto Valdivia, three trucks have been burnedaccording to Anderson Quiceno, spokesman for the Cargo Carriers Association (ATC).
According to the spokesperson, two vehicles were incinerated on the night of February 25 in the Paulina sector, and then another one on the morning of February 26, in Puerto Valdivia.
“That corridor has a complicated problem due to illegal gangs, we are waiting for official communications from the authorities to find out to whom the attacks are attributed. But we are very concerned about the situation, not only in Antioquia, but also in national level,” said Quiceno.
Although for now there is no official statement from the authorities, in recent days a pamphlet circulating in Bajo Cauca was known in which the Eln announces an armed strike in the area.
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Quiceno reported that drivers are out of dangerbut indicated that they denounced that people from the sector looted the contents of the cargo they were transporting.
This action left losses for more than 1,500 million pesos only in the burned vehicles, since the analysis has not yet been done by adding the value of the merchandise.
“The Army and the Police are doing what they can in the area, but we need the municipal mayor’s offices and the government of Antioquia to also join in to protect the transporters, who are very afraid of continuing to travel through the area,” he said. ATC spokesperson.
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The road in the Paulinas sector is temporarily closed by the authorities, which has some drivers dammed and afraid to travel, so they ask the controllers of the companies not to force them to travel if they express fear of moving through the road. zone.
According to ATC, on average daily 1,700 cargo operations through this corridor.
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