In the morning of this Thursday, April 24, the National Government made known the Decree with which it is ordered to lift the state of internal shock he had declared in the Catatumboafter the strong wave of violence starring the National Liberation Army Guerrillas (ELN) and the FARC dissidents.
However, the extension decree, from this Thursday and for 90 days, the validity of the Legislative decrees 106, 107, 108, 117, 118, 120, 121, 134, 137, 180 and 433 of 2025which were issued within the framework of the internal shock.
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“Extraordinary measures have contributed to conjure the causes that motivated the declaration of the State of Internal shock and avoid the expansion of its effects, so its continuity is required in order to guarantee the attention of the impact on the population affected by the serious disturbance of public order that motivated the issuance of legislative decree 062 of 2025”, Indicates in the decree.
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Among the articulated ones that will remain in force, 106 stands out, with which measures were taken to guarantee food production, credit and liabilities relief in the agricultural sector of the Catatumbo.
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In the decree of the statement of the state of shock, it is explained that the Agrarian Bank and FINAGRO “They need to maintain exceptional powers to apply forcononations, recovery agreements and mass refinancing of portfolio in rural areas with high delinquency”
On the other hand, emergency taxes decreed prior to the statement will stop charging. It is worth remembering that these were VAT to Luck and Chance Games, Hydrocarbons Exports and Timbre Tax.
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It is worth mentioning that the measure was applied in the municipalities of Ocaña, Ábrego, El Carmen, Convention, Theorama, San Calixto, Hazí, La Beach, El Tarra, Tibú and Sardinataand the indigenous territories of the guards Motilón Barí and La Gabarraas well as in the Cúcuta Metropolitan Areaall in the department of Norte de Santander, border with Venezuela.
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