According to the agency, violence extends to the seven Araucanian municipalities, with greater affectation in Tame, Arauquita and Saravena.
The number of homicides in the department amounts to 84 in the run of 2025.
The Ombudsman issued an early alert after the resurgence of violence in Arauca, where In the last four days eight murders were reported.
With these facts, The number of homicides in the department amounts to 84 in the run of 2025, 12 of them registered in September.
According to the organism, The violence extends to the seven Araucanian municipalities, with greater affectation in Tame, Arauquita and Saravena.
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The Ombudsman warned that These crimes respond to dynamics of the armed conflict and the presence of illegal groups that do not know international humanitarian law, increasing the risk of civil population.
The document released by the entity He urged the early applying the early alert 011 of 2023, which raises five key actions to reduce the structural risks of the region.
He also recalled that Human life and dignity are inviolable rights whose guarantee is an essential obligation of the State.
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The Ombudsman also warned that the lack of timely response to the warnings issued increases the vulnerability of communities and compromises Colombia’s international commitments on human rights.
Finally, He called the national, departmental and local governments to strengthen the institutional articulation already adopt immediate measures that stop the escalation of violence in the territory.
Source: Integrated information system
