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The indigenous minguero Félix Antonio Hernández Alcalde, who was missing in Cali and for whom the mayor Jorge Iván Ospina of this city had offered a reward of $ 20 million, appeared in the last hours in Pereira.
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The 55-year-old leader, human rights defender and member of the Caldas Regional Indigenous Council (Cridec), arrived at around 4 in the afternoon this Thursday at their own expense to the Immediate Attention Command (CAI) of the San Nicolás neighborhood from the capital of Risaralda.
The indigenous people, who arrived in Armenia this Thursday, say that Hernández is in good health, although they will take him to a health center to examine him. How he got there and where he was has not yet been clarified.
Members of the Cridec affirmed that they will travel to the Risaralda capital to find out the reasons for the disappearance of the indigenous leader.
The minguero disappeared last Tuesday in the facilities of the El Pueblo Coliseum, where his cell phone, his clothes and cleaning supplies were found.
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“Our colleague came to participate in the process, he was in all the activities and we are looking for him,” denounced Cristián Delgado, Human Rights Defender of the Minga.
Once the complaint was known, the Ombudsman’s Office activated the urgent search mechanism for the leader.
On the other hand, the indigenous people denounced infiltrations by the public forces.
“We denounce how our massive and peaceful march was infiltrated by agents of the National Army,” Delgado said.
The director of the National Police, Óscar Atehortúa, explained that according to intelligence agencies, members of Dissidents from the Farc and the ELN guerrilla have infiltrated the indigenous minga. It indicates that these armed groups are planning attacks against indigenous people and then holding the public force responsible.
The indigenous people rejected these assertions and say that all it does is delegitimize their protest, in addition to putting their life at risk.
“The indigenous peoples are not guerrillas, each indigenous guard has control of their community ”, aHermes Pete Vivas, senior counselor of the Cauca Regional Indigenous Council (Cric), said.
The indigenous minga left Cali this Thursday morning, where they had been installed since October 12, bound for Bogotá. His intention is to have a debate with President Iván Duque. In the capital, the protesters would arrive next Monday.
Michel Romoleroux
For the time
Cali
