February 7, 2023, 5:20 AM
February 7, 2023, 5:20 AM
various groups of overwhelming have in their sights more than 60,000 hectares located in the province Guarayos (Santa Cruz). The complaint was made by producers of this region. They revealed that these people act with violence, have economic and even political support from sectors related to the Government such as intercultural sectors. The National Institute of Agrarian Reform (INRA) indicated that in the next few hours it will give a report on the case.
Since the inauguration of the president Luis Arce the land problem worsened in Santa Cruz. Given this, last year the governor of Santa Cruz, Luis Fernando Camacho, On several occasions, he summoned the Departmental Agrarian Commission (CAD), an entity that, according to the INRA Law, must resolve these conflicts. The instance must be made up of state and regional representatives.
The entity did not work due to the lack of representatives at the central level of the State, in this case the INRA. On more than one occasion, the institution said that it would not call it legal.
The subjugations they followed. The most recent occurred on December 25, 2022, in the middle of Christmas. Taking advantage of the lack of protection, 60 people, heavily armed, entered the property. santagrowhich has 1,800 hectares of soybeans.
Marcelo Aguileralegal representative of Santagro reported that the incident was reported to the prosecution and the Police. As part of the process on Thursday, of the previous week, a prosecutor’s request was made that was attended by a police contingent, which went to the property located in the municipality of El Puente, Guarayos province.
With the police it was achieved that these people can withdraw from the place, partially because a group is still in the vicinity of the agricultural property.
These people were arrested, but due to pressure they were released, on Friday at 5 in the morning when the police command of San Pedro gave their statement.
“The leaders inflicted harassment on the workers. They were kidnapped, stripped naked, filmed and as we say in the East, they have been teased,” he said. Aerie.
Moreover, he classified these people as “a criminal organization” that have caused a great economic loss because the hectares of soybeans on the property could not be cared for.
He explained that they even have structures to form communities in the future.
“But they choose private landworked when there are more than 20 million hectares of fiscal land available so that they can benefit from them,” he said.
The lawyer explained that there are more properties overwhelmed throughout the Guarayos province and that the invaders have extorted their victims; who “paid astronomical figures” to get them to leave.
“The area is more than 60,000 hectares, the Guarayos Prosecutor’s Office he bites the bullet with few policemen. It is the most subjugated region, the forest reserve is taken and private properties too. There is no logistical capacity and it is important that they provide more police officers,” the lawyer asked.
He directly blamed the Federation of Intercultural, to support these shots due to the logistical support they have.
Guido Cuadros, The organization secretary of the Federation of Interculturals ruled out this assertion and denounced that they are usurping the name of their sector for illegal activities.
“We respect the laws, we request the land legally. We are no longer going to allow them to continue slandering us, ”she warned.
The producer and rancher businessman, Rudiger Trepp – who suffered the encroachment of his property in December of last year – agreed with Aguilera when it came to classifying these people as criminal organizations.
He explained that they seek traffic with land of this province because they have great agricultural potential since two harvests a year can be made.
He asked the national authorities to reinforce the work of the Prosecutor’s Office and the Police in Guarayos, because the overwhelming have great logistics to move.
The prosecutor assigned to this case was called to the case Ricardo Cayalobut his assistant indicated that he was not busy.
Magdalena Panduro The INRA director said that she is waiting for the technical report on this case to give an official version. “In the next few hours we will give an official report, we are waiting for the technical report,” she said.
For Aerie It is necessary for the sector and productive organizations to reactivate the Committee for the Defense of the Land, in the face of the violent land takeovers that usually take place in Holy Crossz.
He fears that Bolivia runs the same risk of Colombia and guerrillas are installed, which for him is the prelude to installing posters of the drug trafficking. “There is a criminal gang and dismantle it,” he asked.
