The Nariño authorities reported a harassment against the police station and the incineration of a private vehicle in the municipality of San Pablo, in the north of this region.
Fortunately, there were no fatalities or injuries.
According to the Secretary of the Government of Nariño, Amílcar Pantoja, the events that disturb public order were recorded in the middle of the darkness of Wednesday night.
It seeks to verify if the fact is related to the announcement of the armed strike by the Eln.
“Here nothing is being hidden, everything is being discussed,” he said, referring to questions being raised by different media outlets in the region about the handling of information related to the armed strike declared by the illegal armed group Eln.
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Regarding the serious situation presented in San Pablo, the official indicated that “there was a harassment against the Police station and another vehicle was set on fire on the road that leads to the municipality of Florencia in Cauca.”
He indicated that this Thursday there is normality in the traffic of vehicles on the Pan-American highway that leads to the cities of Popayán and Ipiales, as well as on the road to the sea that connects with Tumaco.
“We recommend traveling during the day and traveling early, we know that what this group wants is to generate fear and fear in the community, we reject that,” he insisted and called on the government to come out of the conflict in concert.
He stated that some transport companies decided not to dispatch the vehicles to various destinations, but stressed that the Public Force is permanently present and vigilant on the department’s highways, in order to guarantee mobility.
He also made reference to the incineration of another vehicle on Wednesday afternoon on the road that connects Aldana with Guachucal, in the south of Nariño, in the sector known as Macas.
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Pantoja specified that these facts threaten the free mobility of people and against International Humanitarian Law, “it is not possible for an armed group to carry out this type of intimidation.”
For his part, the mayor of the municipality of San Pablo, Ricardo Gómez, lamented the latest episodes of violence in his jurisdiction and confirmed the harassment of the police station, apparently by ELN guerrillas, when the inhabitants were resting in their homes.
“There was also an incineration of a vehicle on La Playa avenue. There was anxiety and fear in the people. Fortunately, there were no deaths or injuries,” he noted.
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The official added that the illegal armed groups for several years have been present in that town of Nariño, which borders the department of Cauca, and that it has not yet recovered from the emergency caused by the avalanche due to the overflow of the La Brisa ravine that left 350 families affected and incalculable economic losses in housing.
The authorities in the region remain in a state of maximum alert in the face of these recent events that generate uncertainty and fear in the communities.
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