"Chocó is tired of violence": Istmina bishop asks the government for more actions and less words

The Bishop of Istmina, Monsignor Mario de Jesús Álvarez, called on the government of President Gustavo Petro, so that all the promises that are have made in this region of the countrydo not remain in words, but actually become effective for the well -being of all Chocoanos.

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His words were given during this new armed block decreed by the ELN guerrillas, and where, according to the same authorities, the losses are incalculable from sectors such as mining, transport, fishing and trade in general.

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According to Monsignor Mario de Jesús Álvarez, the entire department of Chocó is tired on behalf of the armed groups. Well, blockages are already a constant in a region that needs more accompaniment of the State.

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Meanwhile, there are more than 117 billion economic losses in the midst of this new armed block. This was said by Chocó’s secretary of Yenny Rivas.

The armed block, has again generated generalized fear among the civilian population. Social organizations and local leaders have supported The bishop’s call, demanding urgent institutional presence and structural solutions to guarantee security and development in this beaten region of the country.

Attention of indigenous children

The Colombian Family Welfare Institute accompanies the nutritional care of three children from the Tocolloró indigenous shelter, located in the municipality of Lloró, in Chocó, after these were lost in the jungle zone in the middle of a new forced displacement on behalf of armed groups.

Although the disappearance of the children was on July 19, just this weekend, and in the midst of the armed block, details of what happened were known. Fortunately, minors already meet their families and, now, are attended by a special commission.

“The three indigenous children were lost during the displacement of the indigenous community of Tocoollloró to the municipal seat, after the events recorded in the territory. The facts were caused by people external to the community, who generated panic and the exit Massive of indigenous families towards the urban area, “the ICBF reported in a statement.

According to the ICBF, this family nucleus is composed of nine brothers, the mother and the father. Therefore, from there the sending of a mobile unit is also evaluated to serve all the people affected by a new displacement.