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Apparently a new massacre was registered in rural area of the municipality of Jamundí in Valle del Cauca. According to the Indepaz organization, four men were found dead in the Villa Colombia district.
The same organization assured that they would be Eliceo Campo, Edgar Campo (Eliceo’s brother) and Eider Gutiérrez Corrales. The fourth victim has not been identified.
Together with the Indepaz report, it was known a photograph where you can see the bodies of the four citizens with bullet holes in the middle of an uncovered road.
The preliminary report says that this multiple murder took place during the early hours of Friday on the road to Villacolombia. The mayor of Jamundí, Andrés Felipe Ramírez, on his Twitter account, He pointed out that the Army went to the area to confirm the violent act.
The report delivered by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, which covered the period from June 27 to September 25, 2020, noted that at least 42 massacres have been perpetrated this year in Colombia.
A UN report revealed the record of 42 massacres in Colombia in 2020
The report delivered by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, which covered the period from June 27 to September 25, 2020, noted that at least 42 massacres have been perpetrated this year in Colombia.
The report also indicates that 48 social leaders and human rights defenders have been assassinated in the country so far this year. Among the victims of the massacres are 19 girls and boys, as well as 12 women.
According to the document released by the United Nations, these crimes are being perpetrated mainly in areas with little state presence, high levels of poverty, illicit economies, and conflicts between illegal armed groups and criminal organizations.
Equally, The report revealed that the Ombudsman’s Office had previously warned of the possibility of these crimes occurring, to which the secretary insisted to all the country’s actors on the need to work in a coordinated manner within the framework of the Intersectoral Commission for Rapid Response to Early Alerts CIPRAT in order to react to the risks identified by the Ombudsman’s Office People and act on their recommendations.
On the other hand, the secretary highlighted that the Mission verified, between June and September, the murder of 19 former combatants, raising the figure for 2020 to 48 men and 2 women.
He added that, in response to these attacks and killings, in July, the Special Jurisdiction for Peace ordered several state institutions to take protective measures for former members of the FARC.
“The Mission has verified a total of 297 attacks against former FARC members, including 224 murders, 4 of them women, 20 disappearances and 53 attempted homicides,” the study stated.
Regarding productive projects, the statement explained that the National Reorganization Committee approved 9 new productive projects, which benefit a total of 66 proposals and 2,928 ex-combatants, including 837 women. Of these, 49 have already received funds.
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