For Buitrago, the true focus must be in the great damage that the coca leaf and drug trafficking are causing to Colombia.
Exminister of Justice, Ángela Buitrago questioned the crop air eradication in the program here and now
During his speech in the #hereahora program, directed by journalist Maritza Aristizábal in the FM, The former Minister of Justice Angela María Buitrago launched harsh criticism of the national government’s proposal to resume aerial sprinkler to eradicate illicit crops.
Buitrago warned that the justification of the Executive, based on the constant attacks on the public force, It is not enough to reactivate this controversial strategy and stressed that the debate must focus on environmental and social damage which generates the increase in coca leaf crops and drug trafficking in the country.
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“One thing is that they enter to eradicate, and another very different is that they enter to control the territories due to public order and organized crime problems. If the reason for using sprinkler is that they are attacking the public force, I believe that the real focus must be in the great damage that the coca leaf and drug trafficking are causing to Colombia, ”said the former minister.
The debate occurred in the middle of a conversation with three key voices about security, peace, violence and attacks against the Armed Forces.
In addition to Buitrago, The director for the Americas of Human Rights Watch, Juanita Goebertus, and the Ombudsman, Iris Marín Ortiz, participated.
Human Rights Watch alert about increasing displacements and kidnappings.
In your speech, Juanita Goebertus launched a forceful warning about the inability of the Colombian State to protect communities in the territories and investigate organized crime and corruption networks.
The director of Human Rights Watch revealed alarming figures on the humanitarian situation in the country during 2025:
Forced displacement: 30 % increase compared to 2024.
Communities confinement: 44 %increase.
Homicides: Growth of 3 %.
Kidnappings: 53 % shot compared to last year.
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“Since 2016 we have not had the capacity or will as a country to take the territories, ”said Goebertus, urging Gustavo Petro’s government to strengthen its institutional presence in the areas most affected by violence.
Ombudsman asks for a more inclusive peace process
For its part, the Ombudsman, Iris Marín Ortiz, insisted that The National Government must concentrate its efforts on an integral peace process that prioritizes the active participation of communities in the territories.
Marín stressed that the solution to the crisis of violence and crime requires listening to local voices and building agreements from the regions most beaten by the armed conflict.
Source: Integrated information system
