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After Senator Feliciano Valencia Medina, Nasa indigenous leader from Cauca and senator for the Indigenous and Social Alternative Movement (MAIS), denounced this Thursday that he suffered an attempt on his life on the road that leads between the village of El Palo and Tacueyó, in El Tierrero point in Toribío, Cauca, President Iván Duque called him and expressed his solidarity.
(In context: Senator Feliciano Valencia denounces an attempt on his life)
In the call they held for around ten minutes, the President also expressed his concern about what happened, and told him that he gave instructions to the Minister of Defense, Carlos Holmes Trujillo; the Commander General of the Military Forces, Luis Fernando Navarro Jiménez; the commander of the National Army, Eduardo Enrique Zapateiro and the National Director of the Police, Óscar Atehortúa, for taking charge of the situation. Navarro confirmed that the army commander in Cauca is traveling to the area to assess the situation.
Feliciano Valencia, indigenous leader of Cauca.
Juan Carlos Quintero / TIME
The Interior Minister also rejected the incident and warned that he was offered to be evacuated from the area by helicopter “but assured that it is not necessary.”
The head of the political portfolio explained that according to the report of the National Protection Unit, the vehicle received three gunshot wounds but suffered no major damage and was able to leave the area.
“The rural area in which Senator Valencia is located is very complex. There the dissident of the Farc Dagoberto Ramos commits a crime. We are in contact with the governor of Cauca, the Ombudsman’s Office, the Prosecutor’s Office and the Dijin Elite Body that they initiate the investigations of the case “, indicated the minister of the Interior.
The association of Indigenous Cabildos del Norte del Cauca -ACIN- warned in a statement that the attack was with shots of rifle against the vehicle in which Senator Feliciano Valencia was traveling. “The truck has three bullet holes in the sides and in the back,” they noted.
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The senator was on his way to the commemoration of the La Luz massacre, where five people were killed in the urban area of Tacueyó on October 29, 2019. Valencia is now in a safe area with the accompaniment of the indigenous guard.
“I have just suffered an attempt on my life on the road that leads between the village of El Palo and Tacueyó at the point of El Tierrero in Toribío – Cauca. I came out unscathed thanks to mother nature“the congressman trilled as he made the announcement.
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I have just suffered an attempt on my life on the road that leads between the village of El Palo and Tacueyó at the El Tierrero point in Toribío – Cauca.
I came out unscathed thanks to mother nature.– Feliciano Valencia 🌽 (@FelicianoValen) October 29, 2020
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