Family doctor, a proposal to modify the Colombian health system

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Bianca Muñoz – Citizen

Andrea Rodríguez – Citizen

Olga Lucía Velásquez – Candidate for the House of Representatives for Bogotá, Green Party

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BOGOTA COLOMBIA). Saturday, March 5, 2022 (RPTV NEWS AGENCY). Despite the multiple proposals, this March 13 about 39 million Colombians will have the opportunity to choose a new Congress, where changes to the health system, highly criticized today, have been proposed.

“There are many obstacles, many procedures, delays in getting an appointment with a specialist,” said Andrea Rodríguez, a citizen.

A tense panorama that some, walking through the neighborhoods of Bogotá and with instructive didactic games, affirm can be changed.

“It has been pedagogical, formative, it has filled me with hope as we are reminding people that there are fundamental rights such as health, education,” said Olga Lucía Velásquez, a candidate for the House of Representatives for Bogotá for the Green Party. .

The popular ladder game, in addition to exposing recurring obstacles such as delays in procedures, explains the possible solution.

“If you are over 60 years old, you are in a chronic care program, if you need a specialized appointment you can have it close to your home, that is why our goal is a preventive health law that pays for health indicators. No more health as a business, yes to health as a right”, clarified Olga Lucía Velásquez, a candidate for the House of Representatives from Bogotá for the Green Party.

According to the Constitutional Court, health is one of the most demanded rights, only in 2019 there were 207,368 guardianships due to non-conformity in services.

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Afghan American Family in Florida Helps At-risk Afghans, Evacuees

It’s a story as old as America, immigrants who have made their home in the United States, reaching out to help those who come after them. This is the case of an Afghan American mother and daughter in Jacksonville, Florida, who are helping with the resettlement of Afghan refugees. VOA’s Zheela Noori reports.

Aghan American Family in FloriHelps At-risk Afghans, Evacuees

It’s a story as old as America, immigrants who have made their home in the United States, reaching out to help those who come after them. This is the case of an Afghan American mother and daughter in Jacksonville, Florida, who are helping with the resettlement of Afghan refugees. VOA’s Zheela Noori reports.

We help in the reconstruction of a decent home for Mrs. Luz Marina and her family - Colombia

Tuesday, March 01, 2022

They never imagined that the Manzanares Police would also be dream builders.

Guided by a true vocation for service, uniformed men from the Manzanares Police Station, decided to rebuild the house, with the collaboration of the community and merchants.

The dream of the family of Luz Marina Sánchez began to come true 2 months ago, when the Police of the quadrant in their daily patrols and in that door to door through the Lombo de Manzanares neighborhood, observed these people living in a house of ephemeral conditions , where 6 people live, doña Luz, her husband, two children and two grandchildren.

Thus, Lieutenant Jaiver Hernández Ramírez with his work team made up of Mayor Mauricio Ochoa Rodríguez and Patrolman Dubian Palacio Tabarez, took the initiative to carry out a large donation in the municipality, in order to knock on the doors of solidarity of its inhabitants and merchants.

The response was not long in coming, one by one the aid arrived, the policemen took turns putting on work overalls, as the days went by the uniformed men received more primary elements such as wood, iron, bricks, cement among other materials, In this way, little by little, the new house of Luz Marina and her family was reflected.

The knowledge as master builders of the uniformed men helped significantly in the construction of the house. Without neglecting the tasks of surveillance and control, they contribute with their free time, they stopped sharing with their families to help in the erection of the beams, columns and walls.

This Manzanareña now has a decent place to live, in the company of her husband, her two children and two grandchildren, her house of 60 square meters, has 3 bedrooms, living room, kitchen, bathroom and large windows where she appreciates life with a future and hope, grateful to God and the supportive hand of the National Police, who accompanied her for the well-being of her entire family.

The Colombian National Police will continue working alongside its community, linking directly to the creation of projects that allow citizens to improve their quality of life.

#ItsAnHonorToBePolice

Sisbén: how to see the family group and what subsidies can it receive? - Colombia

There are more than 3 million Colombian households that are part of the program Solidarity Income and they are already receiving the payments corresponding to January and February 2022 for a value of $320,000.

However, to be a candidate for this subsidy, one of the most important aspects is to have the personal information updated in the Identification System for Potential Beneficiaries of Social Programs (Sisbén).

If you want to check if you are part of the Solidarity Income, the first thing you should do is enter the official page of the Department of Social Prosperity through this link: https://ingresosolidario.prosperidadsocial.gov.co/. It is important to have the ID at hand to fill in the fields that are requested. You can also check if you have drafts in process.

(You can read: Non-VIS housing subsidy: this is how you can access this benefit in 2022).

How to check if you are a Sisbén beneficiary

-Go to the website www.sisben.gov.co.

-Click on the option ‘consult your Sisbén group‘, located at the top of the web page.

-At the bottom, enter your identification document number and click on the ‘consult’ option.

What does each group mean?

–Group A: extreme poverty (population with less capacity to generate income).

–B Group: moderate poverty (population with greater capacity to generate income than those in group A).

–Group C: vulnerable (population at risk of falling into poverty).

–Group D: non-poor, non-vulnerable population.

(You can read: Open call for the program ‘Casa Digna, Vida Digna’).

According to the new Sisbén IV methodologythe classification is no longer done quantitatively, which means that there is no longer a score from 0 to 100 but a new classification that orders the population by groups: A, B, C and D, according to their ability to generate income and their living conditions.

Nickol Valentina: mother of a family had warned insecurity at school - Santander - Colombia

The murder of Nickol Valentina, the 15-year-old girl who left her school on Thursday at 4:50 in the afternoon, has shocked the entire educational community of the Normal Superior School of Bucaramanga.

(You may be interested in: Video: Nickol Valentina, 15, was murdered for stealing her cell phone)

Nickol was going down the stairs of the tunnel of the Mesón de los Bucaros interchange when she was attacked by a criminal who stabbed her for stealing her cell phone. The minor was found minutes later by her friends lying on the stairs and covered in blood.

Although she was taken to the Santander University Hospital, died around 11:59 that same Thursday night.

After this fact, the more than 4,000 students of the institution and the parents of the family rejected the fact and asked more police support in this area through which they travel daily.

EL TIEMPO learned of a right to petition on January 25 sent by Sandra Milena Pinzón, a mother of a sixth grade minor.

In the document, the woman exposes the case of “uncleanliness and the presence of street dwellers that makes the pedestrian use of the school community, residents and visitors of the Normal Superior school sector impossible and fearful.”

This document was sent directly to the mayor of Bucaramanga, Juan Carlos Cárdenas, exactly one month ago.

“I asked for more police and cleanliness in the place, if they had listened to me today we would not be going through this so painful,” Sandra told EL TIEMPO.

(Also: Almost 3,300 cell phones are stolen every day in Colombia, according to mobile operators)

The letter was sent to the mayor of Bucaramanga.

There are no security cameras in this tunnel, which makes identification difficult of the person in charge.

The authorities offered a reward of 50 million pesos for those who provide information on the person responsible for this crime.

From the Bucaramanga Personería they accompany the minor’s family and the personero Daniel Arenas made a forceful call to the Prosecutor’s Office to clarify the case.

BUCARAMANGA

Family planning points in the Medellin Metro - Medellin - Colombia

In the Medellin Metro, they enabled two planning points, located at the San Antonio and Acevedo stations, to maintain efforts to reduce adolescent pregnancies which, at the local level, exceed 30% in the last two years.

The services will be enabled from Monday to Saturday, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., without prior appointment for women residents of Medellín, between 10 and 28 years old, who are affiliated with Savia Salud, SURA, Nueva EPS , Total Health, Coomeva and Sanitas. The available methods are: injectable, pills or subdermal implant, in addition there will be monitoring in mental health.

“In our campaign against teenage pregnancy, we continue to achieve results: we have achieved a historic reduction since records began in our city and that is why we have set up two new planning points so that more women, up to the age of 28, can access birth control methods. planning. We are waiting for all of you, decide on your body and we are going to further reduce the numbers of adolescent pregnancy”, indicated the social manager of Medellín, Diana Osorio Vanegas.

According to figures from that dependency of the Mayor’s Office, in the capital of Antioquia more than 1,000 cases have been reduced in the last two years, which represents the most important achievement in the prevention of adolescent pregnancy. In addition, during the last year they have reached more than 135,000 people with educational and planning actions.

This strategy is accompanied by a dashboard created with the use of artificial intelligence and data analysis, which through 24,168 records and 92 variables collects information on early motherhood for the last eight years and becomes a predictive instrument for the characterization and prioritization of initiatives, resources and institutional attention.

The Municipal Administration has also arranged the friend line 4444448 and 3007231123 to advise on sexual and reproductive health and assign appointments and support in the contraception process for men and women.

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Cali They activate protection for a family that asked to stop the death of their children - Cali - Colombia

Since July, a criminal attack has been unleashed against a family from eastern Cali, which is in mourning the deaths of three brothers and a nephew.

The mourners assure that the victims were not related to crimes and that they were persecuted for not attending contacts with micro-trafficking and extortion networks.

(Read in context: ‘Don’t kill us more children, please’: the cry of a family in Cali)

The Preciado Angulo family arrived among the founders of sectors such as El Poblado and Comuneros II, in the District of Aguablanca, for more than 40 years.

Milton Juvenal Preciado and Alicia Angulo raised 12 children who grew up in that popular area of ​​Cali.

Last May, two of them went to the jail of the Judicial District of Cali Villahermosa, but they would not have been found to have an alleged relationship with a gang.

On July 31, at the door of the house, Jerson Larry Preciado Angulo, 23 years old, fell mortally wounded at the hands of a gunman. The young man was a soccer player and his relatives deny that he was in business outside the Law.

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Five days later Harvin Alejandro Preciado, aged 34, died almost instantly in an attack by a gunman. He was the father of nine children.

The protection measures that had been determined for two months did not serve to stop the assassins.

Three brothers and a nephew of the Preciado Angulo family murdered in Cali

In September came the murder of Milton David Preciado, nephew of the murdered brothers and who would have witnessed the second homicide.

He was a 19-year-old who was affectionately called ‘turtle’. He was working to pursue his career as a police officer and was one day away from entering that path.

On the night of last Friday, February 11, the fourth crime occurred. A thin young man, wearing a helmet, slid down the platform of a restaurant, as shown in a video.

He came to the corner and fired a firearm three times into the head of a motorcyclist who was having a conversation with another man. The assassin unloaded the fourth impact when the victim fell with his vehicle to the asphalt.

Diego Juvenal Preciado Angulo, one of three brothers killed in Cal.

Was Diego Juvenal Preciado Angulo, who had two trades to support three children and help the family. At that time he served as a messenger. “He was a correct and hard-working man. His children and more of his family depended on him,” they say at home.

The mayor of Cali, Jorge Iván Ospina, He said that special accompaniment is needed and asked the Prosecutor’s Office to carry out actions to protect this family. He assured that it is high-profile criminality.

The authorities check if there is influence of a gang and a dissident or a former police officer from jail.

The Mayor asked the Attorney General’s Office that “if you have someone who has made complaints, go ahead and accompany and protect that family, because, surely, they have provided valuable information.”

The commander of the Metropolitan Police of Cali, General Juan Carlos León, He said that progress is being made in a protection process and investigations to determine who are responsible and their motives.

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The family basket in Cali is still 'through the roof' - Cali - Colombia

The lunch consumed by the majority of Caleños and Colombians outside their homes, the ‘rush’, it will remain expensive for several months.

The prices of potatoes, meat, rice, grains, fruits and other components of the popular dish will remain “through the roof” during the first half of this year.

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This pessimistic expectation is explained by the executive president of the National Federation of Merchants (Fenalco), in Valle del Cauca, Octavio Quintero, and the price and market information coordinator of the Valle del Cauca Supply Center (Cavasa), Oliver Medina.

Quintero and Medina stressed that the 70% of food that make up the family basket in Valle del Cauca are importedboth from other departments and from the rest of the country.

Medina said that, without a doubt, Caleños are consuming the highest family basket in recent years.

For his part, the union leader added that the fact that the prices of the family basket “they are going up like that it is worrying, but this is due to a structural and global issue. In the United States, inflation last year was 7%, somewhat the highest in 40 years; and that of Colombia (5.6%), was one of the highest in the last 25 years”.

(You may be interested in: The brother of an athlete killed on a hill in Cali dies in an accident)

Commodities – Quintero continued – energy, coal, have risen. Difficulties in ports and the covid-19 pandemic have affected production. In the case of Colombia and, specifically Valle del Cauca, the national strike and the road blockades of April and May of last year continue to be reflected in prices.

Prices go down, but not enough

Medina emphasized that last week, some foods fell in price, but the increase in items in the family basket is so high that this decrease hardly tickles current prices.

Some of the foods that are on offer and that have dropped in price are chonto tomatoes, long onions, beets, corn, cabbage, lemon, lulo and passion fruit.

Even the potato, in its different presentations, dropped in price, but still is 250% above the normal value. In addition, in Cavasa they learned that the suppliers of this tuber for Valle del Cauca, which are located in the south of the country, plan to shift the potato supply to Ecuador and other departments of Colombia, where there is low potato production.

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Tomatoes fell from 3,600 to 2,600 per kilo, but the normal price is 1,400 pesos/klilo. It is 83% above. The bulk of the big-headed onion went from 140,000 to 120,000, but the normal price is 50,000 pesos. It’s still 140% above normal.

Cavasa’s spokesman commented that the national strike of 2021, the shortage of containers, the high cost of inputs, the devaluation of the peso and now the climatic problems affect the increase in the family basket.

Only long onions, beets and corn present prices when there is an abundant supply and they have favorable prices for the final consumer. In fruits, bananas, pear guava, mandarin lemon, coconut, curuba, strawberry and pineapple are at normal prices.

Caleños have to look for recipes with the cheapest food so that their pockets are not so affected by this shortage.

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Afghan Family Adjusts to Life in US Without Their Mother

In August, Jan Mohammad Saber, a former local United Nations employee in Afghanistan, and his five children were evacuated from the country, but his wife was left behind. The children are now trying to adjust to their life in the U.S. without their mother. VOA’s Noshaba Ashna reports from Atlanta, Georgia.

Afghan Commander Relocated to US Hopes to Reunite His Family

Abdul Kabir Salarzai is hoping to be reunited with his family in the United States, after being evacuated from eastern Afghanistan, where he worked as a local anti-Taliban commander. He left the area with only part of his family after Kabul fell to the Taliban. VOA’s Noshaba Ashna has more from Atlanta, Georgia in this report narrated by Roshan Noorzai.

Enrique Vives: Victim's family asks for jail against the businessman - Other Cities - Colombia

Álex de Lima, father of Laura Valentina de Lima, one of the fatal victims who died run over by Enrique Vivesassures that unlike the relatives of the other five deceased, he has not reached any agreement to receive compensation for this tragedy.

(Also read: Families will receive millionaire compensation and withdraw charges against Vives)

For the family member, no financial amount offered will be enough to ease the pain they have felt since September 13, 2021, when their daughter died, after being hit by a truck, whose driver was driving in a state of intoxication.

What I want is for that man to pay for what he did and not go free as always happens in this country

“They believe that they killed an animal and want to give any weight,” says the young woman’s father, who has refused to accept the conditions that the insurer exposes to renounce the process against Enrique Vives.

He insists that the only thing that would give him peace of mind is to be certain that justice was done for the death of these young people who were just beginning their lives.

“What I want is for that man to pay for what he did and not go free as always happens in this country,” said De Lima.

(You may be interested in: Enrique Vives: key witness denounces that they have not paid their reward)

No agreements with survivor

EL TIEMPO also learned that, in the case of the minor under 14, the only survivor of the accident, an economic agreement has not been reached either for the lack of some documents and pending procedures.

To establish the amount that this family will receive for compensation, a report from the labor medical board on the state of physical and psychological health of the adolescent is required.

It should be noted that the families of Camila and Eleonir Romero, María Camina Martínez, Juan Diego Alzate and Rafaela Petit, did make arrangements with the insurer of the businessman’s vehicle and, in addition to agreeing to withdraw the criminal action against Enrique Vives, they also asked the Prosecutor’s Office to relax the conduct for which he will be prosecuted in the process against him.

The lawyer Rodrigo Martínez, representative of two of the victims, clarified that although the relatives desist from their participation in the case, the Prosecutor’s Office as an autonomous body may continue your research and accusation for the crimes that it considers pertinent.

In fact, the Prosecutor’s Office stated that it has not been notified of any agreement between the representatives of the victims and the defendant. In this way, the accusing entity continues with its theory of the case.

Roger Urieles
For THE WEATHER Santa Marta
@rogeruv

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Olympic Curling Is a Family Affair for US Women and Others

BEIJING — 

When she settled into her room at the athlete’s village in Beijing, American curler Nina Roth decorated a wall with family photos to remind herself of the support she has back home.

Her teammates brought the real thing.

Skip Tabitha Peterson needs only to look down the ice for a comforting face: Her sister, Tara, is also on the U.S. women’s team. Becca Hamilton’s brother is playing for the American men, giving them something most athletes at these Olympics can’t have — family in Beijing to support them.

“To be able to lean on my brother — and I guess it’s the same for the sisters on my team, they have each other — it’s just awesome to have some sort of family here,” Becca Hamilton said. “I mean it’s not always rainbows and butterflies. But for the most part, it’s great.”

Much like last year’s Summer Games in Tokyo, the Winter Olympics are being played in only partially filled venues and without foreign fans. China has also imposed travel restrictions in an attempt to control the spread of COVID-19.

That forced most athletes to leave at home the small entourage of friends and relatives that would ordinarily accompany them to the Olympics — part of the payoff for helping them reach the pinnacle of their sport.

“This is such an opportunity, that our family members also work for, and none of us would be able to do this without their support,” said Roth, who also competed in Pyeongchang. “It was really good fun to celebrate with them at the last Olympics. So it’s a big bummer that they can’t be here this time.”

But some of her teammates found the perfect way to get around the restrictions. The Hamiltons competed as a mixed doubles pair four years ago and are still spending plenty of time together at these Olympics.

“I’ve got, like, one of my best friends and my curling partner here,” Matt Hamilton said. “Not only do I have a sister and a confidant in here, I’ve got someone who’ll do my laundry. … So she really takes care of me while we’re out here.”

They aren’t the only families hanging out at the Ice Cube curling venue this month.

The mixed doubles field last week featured two married couples: Norway’s Magnus Nedregotten and Kristin Skaslien, who won the silver medal, and Czechs Zuzana Paulova and Tomas Paul. Canadian men’s and women’s players Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant are engaged, with plans to wed in June.

And the Danish women’s curling team also includes a pair of sisters, Madeleine and Denise Dupont.

“I think it just makes the bond between us a lot stronger,” Madeleine Dupont said. “I can’t imagine not seeing her all the time.”

A niche sport played mostly in a few colder climes, curling has long been a family affair, passed down from parents like a treasured heirloom or favorite recipe.

Norway’s Magnus Vaagberg is the son of two Olympic curlers. His father, Lars, and uncle Paal Trulsen won gold in 2002 in a foursome that also included Magnus’ current teammate — and six-time Olympian — Torger Nergaard.

“I remember staying up late, understanding that something cool had happened,” said Vaagberg, who was 7 at the time. “That’s something very unique with curling, a tight family bond all over. So you play against the people that played against my father at the time, and their sons and daughters, it’s quite cool.”

The Petersons’ mother grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and picked up curling from her father. She taught it to her daughters, who started when they were 10 and 8; a brother, Trent, also curled for a while before turning to professional golf.

“You’re kind of born into the sport,” Tara Peterson said.

While siblings might be expected to team up, there’s no guarantee that they’ll get along over the hundreds of hours they spend together practicing, playing and traveling to tournaments each year. Tensions between any set of teammates can boil over — even before adding in the additional resentment over who wrecked the family car or neglected to take out the trash.

Madeleine Dupont said she and her sister used to fight about curling until their mother would give them a time out.

“When we were young, 100%, my mom was always like, ‘Now we need curling-free time. You can’t talk about curling all the time,'” she said. “Now we all live separate places, so it’s not a problem anymore. But it’s still hard to just leave it at the rink.”

Nedregotten said he and Skaslien do what they call a “hot wash” — talking out their feelings before moving on to the next match. Mostly, though, the siblings and spouses say teaming up with a relative might even offer a competitive edge.

“We’re on the same page a lot without even really need to say anything,” Tabitha Peterson said. “If there is any conflict, or whatever, I think it’s easier as siblings to kind of forgive and forget a lot quicker.”

American men’s skip John Shuster is at his fifth Olympics. When he won the gold medal in Pyeongchang, his parents, wife and one of his children were in the crowd. These Games, he is FaceTiming his family from 14 time zones away, while they organize watch parties and special school events to stay connected the best way they can.

“I’ve been fortunate to have them with me at four Olympics,” Shuster said. “This is a chance for them to be at home and experience the Olympics with a lot of friends and family that have never come to the Olympics with us.

“They’re getting a chance to see that other side,” he said. “It’s not better, for sure. But it’s not really feeling any worse, either.”

Antioquia: Car that fell into Cauca with family on board will not be extracted - Medellín - Colombia

With a symbolic act, the relatives of Jesenia Murillo, her two daughters, and Orlando Medina said goodbye to them on the outskirts of the Cauca River, after the rescue agencies confirmed that the car in which they were traveling on January 12 could not be extracted from the tributary.

The Administrative Department of Risk Management of Antioquia indicated that the vehicle, which fell into the river on the El Cangrejo sector in the municipality of Betulia, could not be removed “due to adverse conditions.”

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Although Firefighters, Army, Police, Devimar, and the family were present at the site to get the car out, the force of the river, the current, the strong suction and the sedimentation did not allow it to be recovered.

“Technical report from the National Navy warns that the lives of operational personnel were being endangered. The vehicle is 97% buried due to sedimentation. The decision to end operations was made at the PMU in common agreement between entities and family”, the Dagran pointed out.

It should be remembered that the vehicle had an accident on the night of Wednesday, January 12, falling into the Cauca River. Five people were traveling in it, of which only one managed to get out of the vehicle without injury.

(Also read: First episode of air quality in Medellin begins on February 14)

The family came from the municipality of Andagoya (Chocó) and was on their way to their place of residence, in San Pedro de Urabá, Antioquia.

With sadness, we inform that due to adverse conditions, the car that fell into the Cauca River on the El Cangrejo sector in Betulia, with Jesenia Murillo, her two daughters, and Orlando Medina cannot be extracted. With a symbolic act, the relatives said goodbye to their loved ones. pic.twitter.com/xaVDruUpak

– Dagran Antioquia (@DagranAntioquia) February 10, 2022

From that moment, the search began for Jesenia Murillo Bonilla and her daughters, Thaira Cristina Parra Murillo, 10 years old, and Thailen Parra Murillo, 5 years old, in addition to the driver, identified as Orlando Medina.

The only survivor of the incident was Cristian Parra, father of the minors who were missing, and who in recent days thanked the efforts of all the people who joined the search.

MEDELLIN

Medellín: Family had to leave their house escorted by the Police - Medellín - Colombia

At a run, with belongings on their shoulders and escorted by the Police, this is how a family from the Enciso neighborhood of Medellin last Tuesday, February 8.

This, due to the fear of some retaliation on the part of a criminal armed group from the area, since one of the members of the family, apparently, refused to be part of said organization.

This was reported by the Attorney General’s Office, whose investigation carried out by a specialized prosecutor from the Medellín Section revealed that in the early hours of January 12, several members of the criminal group illegally held a member of this family for two hours and apparently, they required him to work with them.

Given his refusal, the alleged criminals would have threatened to attack him and his family.

“On February 2, the same men would have approached the victim’s father and demanded 5 million pesos as a fine because his son refused to collaborate with the organization. That day, he gave them part of the money. Faced with this situation and death threats, the family had to leave the neighborhood”, expressed Natalia Rendón, Sectional Director of Medellín.

(Also read: First episode of air quality in Medellin begins on February 14)

The family that was displaced had arrived in the neighborhood located in the east of the capital of Antioquia at the beginning of this year and they would have demanded $60,000 fortnightly to allow them to park their private car on public roads in the area.

Similarly, five men accused of belonging to said criminal organization were caught in flagrante delicto on February 4 when they were preparing to receive a package that pretended to contain the rest of the required amount.

The accusing entity obtained an insurance measure in a prison against these people, who were charged with the crimes of aggravated simple kidnapping, consummated aggravated extortion, attempted aggravated extortion, constraining to commit a crime and forced displacement.

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The processed they did not acquiesce to the charges. They are: Julián David Torres Henao, alias Pingüino; Michel Villada Alzate, alias Baby; Brayan Alexis Álzate Bedoya, alias Brayan; Keiner Matiz Vásquez, alias Keiner, and Andrés Felipe Tilano Borja.

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This is how the mayor of El Charco, Nariño, escaped with his family from fire - Other Cities - Colombia

Victor Candelo, Mayor of El CharcoMunicipality of Narino, was able to escape the flames with his family.

Armed men they arrived at his homeat about 2 in the morning on Friday and set fire to the building.

There, the president was with his wife, a son and two grandchildren, a 16-month-old baby and an 8-year-old girl.

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According to Candelo, the smoke filled the house and woke up the mayor’s son, who then called everyone to get up and try to get out.

The fire was on the first level.

They got out and tried to get out the back door, but they couldn’t.

So in the midst of anguish, the family wet some blankets to try to get out the door.

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“I don’t know how we are alive and telling the story,” Mayor Candelo said.

“My son warned us to get out quickly,” he noted.

Meanwhile, alarmed neighbors of the family took out buckets to control the flames that later spread to the second floor of the house.

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Candelo asked the armed groups and those who perpetrated this attack to put aside the violence and not attack his family, which has nothing to do with political issues or decision-making for the town.

According to the mayor, the attack would have been committed with gasoline.

The Prosecutor’s Office took on the case of this attack against the home of Mayor Candelo, located two blocks from the Police station.

PASTURE AND CALI

Attention: Members of the same family are massacred in Cauca - Other Cities - Colombia

The North Cauca Human Rights Network denounced the murder of three members of the same family in a rural area of ​​the municipality of Buenos Aires.

According to the complaint, the events occurred around 4 in the morning on Friday, January 28, in the village of Santa Catalina, when the members of this family were resting in their place of residence.

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In the middle of the darkness, armed men reportedly entered the place and shot at those who were there.

The father and his 19-year-old son died at the scene, while the mother died while being treated at a care center in Santander de Quilichao.

The couple’s 10-year-old daughter was also seriously injured and is being treated at a health center in Cali.

The victims were identified as: Arbey Gomez (father), María Elsy Carabalí Mina (mother) and José David Gómez.

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“We reject these facts. It cannot be that Cauca continues to be besieged by violence, by illegal armed groups. It is urgent that the authorities redouble the measures and guarantee security and human rights. From the Cauca Regional, we follow up and provide support”, expressed the Ombudsman through its social networks.

In this same municipality, this very week, Albeiro Camayo Güetio, former coordinator of the indigenous guard and community leader from northern Cauca, was assassinated.

As explained by the Association of Indigenous Councils of North Cauca (ACIN), the armed attack was perpetrated last Monday, January 24, by the Farc dissidence, the mobile column ‘Jaime Martínez’, in the sector known as La Primavera.

This Thursday, the Prosecutor’s Office announced its inspection visit to the place where the leader was assassinated. With this, the authorities hope to collect evidence that can contribute to clarifying the crime.

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The Director of the Cauca Section of the Prosecutor’s Office traveled to the La Primavera sector, who, with the support of a prosecutor attached to the Special Investigation Unit (UEI), and a whole team of criminalistics experts and investigators from the CTI analyzed the scene of the homicide of Camayo Guetio.

“During the day, researchers and experts in topography, photography, video, ballistics and the support of a drone carried out urgent acts to find material evidence and physical evidence”; added the accusing entity.

In the development of said judicial activity, the experts found 6 rifle firearm shells, 5 5.56 caliber shells and 1 7.62 caliber shell.

Added to this are the murders of a minor under 14 years of age and a community member, on January 14.

There is an alarm in the area.

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