The president said that in the run of the year there has been an increase of 75% in homicides, compared to 2024.
At the end of a Security Council, the Governor of the Valley, Dilian Francisca Toro, said that security measures will be extreme in the urban and rural area of Buenaventura, given the increase in violence and homicides.
The president was emphatic in highlighting that supports the dialogue table between the national government and the criminal gangs ‘Los Shottas’ and ‘Los Spartans’; However, he said that Those who commit crimes will be persecuted and captured.
“We have the will to peace, we believe that the dialogue table must be maintained, but We call the government to make that truce be maintained. However, if they are going to be committed, because they will have to leave for jail, we will not tolerate that crime acts are generated in Buenaventura, the public force will act, “said the regional president.
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Toro indicated that The National Police and the Navy will advance control operations on the main roads, to prevent weapons from entering the communes, He also noted that so far this year there have been an increase of 75% of homicides compared to 2024.
“Mixed controls will be done in continuous critical sites to prevent weapons from entering the neighborhoods and the communes, criminal actions are being generated, everyone can enter weapons into the neighborhoods and can alter public order. The idea is that they have continuous controls and that we make the greatest number of disassembly we can, “he added.
Toro said that in the rural area of Buenaventura, the Army and the National Navy continue Aheading actions to protect communities and mitigate the actions of illegal armed groups such as the ELN, the Gulf clan and the ‘Jaime Martínez’ front of the FARC dissidents.
Investment
On the other hand, Governor Toro indicated that it is necessary that, in addition, to strengthen the public force, social investment strategies are carried out.
“The Valley Government is generating social actions, sports, cultural monitors, fixing courtsimproving, for example, housing, precisely to help with that social investment to maintain security, “he concluded.
Source: Integrated information system