Those responsible were mobilized in a truck and two motorcycles.
The authorities investigate the multiple homicide of four people in the El Salado village, rural area of La Plata, Huila. In these facts, two other people were injured. The fact apparently would have been perpetrated by an illegal armed group.
According to information provided by the residents, a group of at least eight armed men, allegedly members of an illegal structure even to identify, They reached the place where the victims were gathered and opened fire Without a word.
“In hours of The night of July 25 was aware of an unfortunate fact of violence occurred on the sidewalk of the Salado Jurisdiction of the municipality of La Plata where the multiple homicide of four people was presented and two more were gun injured by firearm, ”said Colonel Carlos Téllez, commander of the Huila Police.
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A joint device between police, army and judicial bodies was immediately activated to verify the situation and address the emergency. The other person Wound was also transferred to a medical centerwhere it remains under observation due to the seriousness of the injuries.
“We had knowledge of these facts by the story delivered by one of the people who was injured and is treated at the Hospital Center of the Urban Center of La Plata. According to the preliminary information the victims were gathered when they were surprised by a compound group Apparently for approximately 8 people, who fled towards the populated center of Bethlehem”The colonel added.
As Kevin Denilson Quiguazu and Mauricio Yazno Caldon, two of the four fatal victims were identified Of the fact, those wounded for their part were identified as Luis Albeiro Ramírez Yasno, 26 years old and Héctor Javier Quisacue Ramírez, 18.
“We are making a complete sweep of the rural sector where the events occurred. The initial information indicates that it was a direct attack, by an armed group that arrived at the scene with the clear intention of murdering to those who were there, ”said the colonel.
The path The Salado is located approximately 25 minutes from the urban area of La Plata and it has been on previous occasions the presence of illegal armed actors. The communities of this rural area have denounced on multiple occasions the risk in which they live on account of the transit of armed men, without until now a structural intervention that guarantees them security is achieved.
The massacre adds to the worrying episodes of violence that have been recorded in rural areas of Huila in recent months. Human rights organizations have warned that, Despite the efforts of the national government, the security guarantees for communities remain fragile.
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From the Government of Huila and the City Hall of La Plata, an urgent call was made to the National Government to reinforce the institutional presence in the territory, guarantee justice for victims and protection of the population.
For its part, the Ombudsman, through early alert 025/22, warned about the risk scenario in this territory, associated with the expansion and territorial consolidation of the dissident faction of the old FARC-EP known as “Dagoberto Ramos mobile column”which operates from the west of Cauca to the northwest of Huila, involved in acts of selective violence, threats, armed social control and multiple homicides.
According to Indepaz, with this fact, the number of massacres occurred during 2025 in the country increased to 40. In the area we are aware that illegal armed groups such as the Dagoberto Ramos front of the Western bloc, Hernando González Acosta of the Central Block Isaías Pardo and transit of the second Marquetalia.
The authorities announced that military and police operations will continue in the area, While the advance is expected of investigations to fully clarify what happened and take those responsible to justice.
“The injured people were transferred to the San Antonio de Padua Hospital where they receive medical attention. Meanwhile, the National Police in coordination with the National Army and Criminal Investigation Units of the Prosecutor’s Office advance the technical inspection proceedings and the corresponding investigative work teeth to clarify what happened, ”concluded the colonel.
Source: Integrated information system
