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Despite the fact that no images or testimonies of this event are known, a member of the indigenous guard related this event to Blu Radio.
This person confirmed to the station that many people who did not belong to the communities in the southwestern part of the country wanted to join the march that took place on Monday in the capital:
“Many people who were not from the minga wanted to get involved And, as we already know the people, since each reservation has its community in a list, then we saw strange people and we investigated them“.
Once they confirmed not only that they did not belong to the minga but that they had intentions to threaten its security, they applied the traditional punishment of their communities: “When we saw that they were street people and we caught them stealing, then we harmonized ”.
That which the indigenous guard calls harmonization may vary between beatings and other sanctions or ways to reprimandBecause if people commit minor crimes, the adults in the community do a “simple dialogue” with them.
However, for this crime they did apply the blows with the whip, the indigenous people told the station.
“It is applied depends on the crime. If a cell phone was stolen, as in these cases, 10 to 15 blows are applied ”.
This person also told that outlet that all this they do it with the intention that criminals do not repeat those acts and that sometimes they come to make “prayers with typical plants of the culture so that the spirits calm the agitated body” before what they call harmonization.
A few days ago, the National Police had assured that there were people who would seek to infiltrate the minga, but with the intention of attacking the integrity of the indigenous people.
Meanwhile, after the peaceful march carried out by the minga, which ended with a trial of President Iván Duque, A part of the communities will begin to return to their territories while others will stay to join the National Strike on October 21.
In addition, in the next few hours more indigenous people from other regions will arrive to join the mobilizations in the capital.
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