Eln lifted the armed block in southern Bolívar

The southern Bolívar got a respite in the midst of a violent attack by the National Liberation Army, Eln. The guerrillas held an armed strike in the region for almost three weeksand only the agreements with the communities and the intermediation of the Church arrested him.

Already on August 6, Governor Yamil Arana had announced The end of the armed ambush that affected about seven thousand inhabitants. “They are not alone, Colombia is with us,” wrote the departmental president.

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Yesterday the de -escalation reached a relief. The ELN cleared the local roads and lifted all the restrictions in mobility, which until then had caused forced displacements and confinements. The Bolívar Governorate began days of humanitarian aid delivery.

“The mobilizations made in the municipal capital, in the corregimientos, in the sidewalks, and the spaces for dialogue raised during these days with this commission They were decisive for the Eln armed group to end the closure of roads as of todayAugust 7, at six in the afternoon, “said Lewis Gómez, pastor of Santa Rosa del Sur.

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Gomez participated in the regional dialogues with the ELN with the Community Peace and Reconciliation Commission of the municipality. The result was precisely the end of the armed strike. The authorities delivered at least fifteen tons of humanitarian aid.

So far the details of the dialogues between the population and the subversive group are unknown, that imposed armed unemployment on July 25. The War Front Darío Ramírez Castro was in charge of lifting the blockages.

In contrast, The same guerrillas, but with the structure that is presence in the Pacific, Sipí was takenaccording to a complaint by the governor of Chocó, Nubia Carolina Córdoba.

From eleven o’clock on Thursday, the president said The municipal head of Sipí “is under subversive attack”. Police “is repelting the attack.” About forty members of the ELN participate in the violent shot.