The authorities confirmed the murder in Caldono (Cauca) of the social leader of the La Guada reservation, Yesid Caña and who he was a former indigenous authority, as well as an artisan creator of the largest backpack in the world presented on the 50th anniversary of the Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca.
According to the first information, the events would have occurred when armed men entered the shelter where he was and they shot him several times.
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“He was the father of four children and was always at the forefront of the leadership of his reservation. In four periods he was president of the board of the village where he lived, he was an artisan at heart, of race, of the family”, expressed Alfonso Díaz Nene, senior counselor of the Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca (Cric), who regretted what happened.
He added that the man participated in a family party very close to the path in San Antonio de La Guada and when he was coming back to look for his family, he was hit by armed men. “We have this hypothesis that he was vilely and cowardly murdered since they would have fired more than 10 shots at him”, he assured.
The news caused outrage among the native peoples settled in this area of the country, due to the great esteem that existed towards the social leader for his contributions to the conservation of culture and art.
For its part, Indepaz explained that The Ombudsman’s Office issued an early warning for the municipality of Caldono, in which it indicated that this area is part of a mobility corridor for illegal armed groups and drug traffickingwhere the chain of production and commercialization of the coca leaf, marijuana and its processed products converge.
With this there would already be 61 social leaders assassinated in Colombia so far in 2022pointed out Indepaz through a bulletin.
