The Mayor’s Office of Jamundí confirmed that they were armed men who entered the young woman’s residence and took her.
After three days of uncertainty, The young social leader Sofía González Fajardo, 18, who had been kidnapped last Friday, October 3 in Jamundí was released (Valle), when he was taken by force from his home by armed men, who mobilized in a vehicle.
González Fajardo, who He serves as secretary of the Community Action Board of the San Antonio district, It was released this Sunday in an area of the north of the department of Cauca, as confirmed by community sources.
The release was achieved thanks to the steps advanced by social and community leaders, who from the moment of kidnapping undertook a joint work to achieve the return of the young woman healthy and saves.
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The UN Office for the Defense of Human Rights in Colombia had been the first to officially confirm the kidnapping of the young woman. However, it was clarified that liberation occurred without intervention by the authorities, being the result of social leadership and community solidarity.
“His return alive is good news for family and community, especially for those who defend peace and human rights. However, we reiterate our absolute rejection of any form of kidnapping or violence against social leaders, we insist on the immediate liberation of all people who still remain deprived of liberty. We invite armed groups to exclude the community from their actions“Leonardo González, director of the Institute for Development and Peace Studies (Indepaz), said.
So far The authorities have not delivered details about those responsible for the kidnappingnor the circumstances in which liberation occurred, but the young leader already meets her family.
It should be remembered that in rural Jamundí (Valle) and in the north of Cauca They commit the dissidents of the FARC, especially the structure ‘Jaime Martínez’, under the command of alias “Iván Bite”.
Other violent facts in Jamundí
The kidnapping of Sara Sofia He appeared 24 hours after the murder of Nilson Julián Cañaveral, an mayor officer who served as machinery operator. According to Cali Police, dissidents of the Jaime Martínez front, who gave him “several impacts.”
The incident happened on the sidewalk El Rest, Jamundí’s high rural area. Within the municipal administration it served in the operation of yellow machinery, contributing to the maintenance and improvement of rural roads.
The competent authorities advance the corresponding investigations to clarify the facts and find those responsible for this violent fact.
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“Unfortunately, he is attacked with firearms by members of the Jaime Martínez Front, this person then dies in the Jamundí hospital, and we have several hypothesesthere were several members in that sector, all were contractors of the Mayor’s Office and we already have elements of judgment to advance the investigation with the Attorney General’s Office, “said General Henry Bello, commander of the Cali Metropolitan Police.
Source: Integrated information system
