From the NGO “Wayúu Nation” made it known that In the last few hours, a new crime was committed against an indigenous leader from La Guajira of the Malirrou community, located in the jurisdiction of the municipality of Uribia.
They said that while the inhabitants slept, criminals would have taken advantage of the silence and darkness of the night to enter the territory.
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“Heavily armed men, camouflaged under the dark of nightthey walked stealthily to the community, disrupting the tranquility and proceeded to gag all the people who were sleeping in the community at that time”, details a statement from “Nación Wayúu”.
They assure that, immediately afterwards, they located the traditional authority identified as Mariton Jusayu Ipuana and, after subduing him without saying a word, they riddled him in front of his children, his wife and the rest of the community members.
Given these facts, they referred to the difficult situation that the indigenous people are facing due to insecurity in their territories.
“In the Wayúu indigenous territories, a war without quarter is being waged, where children, young people, the elderly and even the women who had been respected for thousands of years in the midst of wars. But now they are also murdering them and, the worst thing, is that the Colombian State remains silent in the face of all the barbarities that are committed in these areas,” they stated.
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They also indicated that they feel that Currently there are no guarantees for the Wayúu peoplewhile they have been left at the mercy of multinational companies.
“The clean energy boom is staining us with blood and we don’t know how many more authorities will have to be assassinated so that the country and the world can have clean energy”, they reiterated.
