An illegal checkpoint in Mojarras left one dead and three injured, including a two-year-old girl. Authorities are looking for those responsible.
An illegal checkpoint installed by alleged FARC dissidents in the Mojarras sector of the Pan-American Highway ended in tragedy, leaving one dead and three injured, including a two-year-old girl.
A serious act of violence occurred on the Popayán – Pasto Pan-American Highway, in the Mojarras sector, where alleged members of the FARC dissidents set up an illegal checkpoint and opened fire on two vehicles that ignored the order to stop.
The Secretary of Health of Cauca, Carolina Camargo confirmed to LA FM that the attack left as a result one person dead and three more injured, between them a two year old girl, who were transferred to the San José Hospital in the municipality of Popayán, department of Cauca.
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The official pointed out that The incident would have occurred in the middle of a theftHowever, citizens recorded in several videos how members of said illegal armed group They were in the area carrying out an illegal checkpointin this important road corridor in southwestern Colombia.
For these facts, The authorities carry out operations in the area to locate those responsible and restore security in this road corridor, affected in recent weeks by violent actions attributed to illegal armed groups.
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Source: Integrated Information System
