The ELN burned a food truck and vandalized other vehicles on the Pereira – Quibdó road

In the last hours Members of the National Liberation Army (ELN) carried out an armed attack on Chocó roads, after burning a truck loaded with food and vandalizing two other vehicles that were traveling through the Tabo sector.r, jurisdiction of the municipality of Tadó. The vehicles affected in the incident were heading from Pereira towards the capital of Chocó.

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According to preliminary information from the National Police and the Army in the area, fThere were around six hooded men, who made the driver of the cargo vehicle get out, and then proceeded to burn the car.in addition to painting graffiti on other cars.

The secretary of the government of Risaralda, Israel Alberto Londoño, referred to this fact, warning that once the incident occurred, security was reinforced in the road corridor.

“The authorities in Pueblo Rico, Risaralda, confirmed to me through the Secretary of Government of the municipality, that a vehicle that, approximately 35 kilometers from the town of Santa Cecilia, in the Tadó sector, was apparently incinerated by some militiamen from a group outside the law, they also painted two other vehicles; What do we say to the community of Risaralda that they can rest assured, because these events were immediately known, security was reinforced, we are going to be attentive with our Army and our Police, Pay attention to what may happen on this road, which is the only road that connects the department of Risaralda with the department of Chocó.” Israel Alberto Londoño, secretary of the government of Risaralda, assured.

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The terrorist act occurs just three days after the end of the announced ceasefire for the end of the year, lThe governor of Chocó, Nubia, Carolina Córdoba-Curi, through her X account questioned the ELN’s will for peacereferring to the attack in Tadó.