The attorney, Gregorio Eljachhe advocated this Saturday, January 25, for providing guarantees to the communities affected by guerrilla violence in the Catatumbo region (border with Venezuela), which has claimed the life of between 60 and 80 people in the last week and has left more than 40,000 displaced.
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“Guarantees must be provided to the communities of the Catatumbo and in a timely manner to supply humanitarian aid before this serious fact, and thus ensure that the proper functioning of the institutions is guaranteed, “said the head of the Public Ministry in a statement from his office.
Eljach added that “it is inconceivable that the illegal armed groups of this region do not respect international humanitarian rights and law (IHL).” The clashes between the guerrilla of the National Liberation Army (ELN) and Front 33 of the FARC dissidents leave between 60 and 80 dead according to the counts of the Ombudsman and the Government of Norte de Santander.
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However, the authorities have only been able to collect 41 bodies for the situation that the rural areas far from the Catatumbo where the authorities have not yet been able to access.
In addition there are more than 41,000 displaced, according to the most recent figures of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha), which also warned that 12,520 people are confined by violence. Likewise, 573 people whose life ran danger They have been “extracted” (withdrawn from the area) by military, according to the latest government report, published this Saturday.
Among the fatal victims there are six peace signatories, while 12 ex -combatants of the old FARC are missing, warned the Ministry of Defense. In this regard, the Attorney General’s Office noted that it will intervene in the criminal proceedings that were already opened by the murder of three of the six ex -combatants and a social leader.
