A group of soldiers and police who were carrying out work on eradication of illicit crops in Caño Indio, rural area of Tibú, Norte de Santander was surrounded by dozens of coca growers who are looking for stop eradication that the uniformed men advance.
Community threatened the uniformed men with sticks and machetes and forced them to move to the military base, where the energy service was also cut off by the peasants.
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Simultaneously, in the Las Palmas sector, another group of approximately 150 civilians intends to lead the military and police to the base in question, in order to concentrate the personnel of the Public Force and prevent their mobility, to gain control of the area.
According to a statement from the Army, the troops are held at the base to avoid any type of confrontation with the population and safeguard human rights. Likewise, it indicates that it is not the first time that the actions of the authorities in that sector have been obstructed and stopped. where some people constantly seek to avoid the legal action of the institutions.
“The community is urged not to obstruct military operations or attack the uniformed, since this can be constitutive of criminal types, such as the crimes of riot, article; disturbance of official acts; kidnapping; violence against public servant; sabotage; damage to works or elements of communications, energy and fuel services”.
Peasants from the villages of Chiquinquirá, El Progreso, El Mirador, Nuevo Sol, Orú, Kilometer 42, Kilometer 43, Los Angeles, La Arenosa and Vetas participate in the events; who Through a statement they demand that the National and Departmental governments not to stigmatize, single out or prosecute the leaders who are calling and participating in this ‘peasant demonstration’.
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In addition, they request the activation of the tripartite mechanism in a technical dialogue table urgently in the Caño Indio village, to heed the call of the peasants affected by the eradication of crops for illicit use.
They also request the Government of Norte de Santander to activate the peasant table held in the strike of the year 2021, where the monitoring of the fourth point of the Peace Agreement.
