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After negotiations between the commander of the Army’s Seventh Division, General Juvenal Díaz, together with delegates from the Ombudsman’s Office, the Catholic Church and social leaders, it was learned that the indigenous people released 8 soldiers and their commander, who They were held since Monday.
The retention occurred by a group of indigenous people from the Consuelo Bajo community, del Carmen de Atrato (Collided).
As has been known, the indigenous people tied up the uniformed men, pointing out that they had entered their lands without permission. General Díaz assured that he will present the complaint to the Prosecutor’s Office for kidnapping.
The 9 soldiers are part of the Titan Task Force, in charge of security in the area where a territorial war is being waged between men from the ‘Gulf clan’ and the Eln.
In fact, the Army Commander, General Eduardo Zapateiro, referred to the retention, which he described as a kidnapping and he pointed out that the uniformed men were “seeking to defend our indigenous people from all the terrorist threats that currently exist in the reservations.”
Likewise, General Zapateiro assured that the early warnings reported by the Ombudsman’s Office are being addressed, and that for this reason “we assist as Public Force. That is the order of the President, to continue accompanying our indigenous people in the reservations.” , he pointed out.
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Taking advantage of the sergeant’s touch, they tie them up, humiliate them and take away their weapons, which for me is configured in a kidnapping, riot and violence against a public servant
For this reason, for the Army commander what is sought with the presence of the troops is to avoid “massacres and displacements”, for which he indicated that he does not understand why “they kidnap the uniformed men.”
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The images of the uniformed men tied up have generated voices of rejection.
The images of the tied up soldiers have generated several voices of rejection, in addition, because the community took away their weapons.
The commander of the Seventh Division explained that, based on the Ombudsman’s early warning, they were visiting various indigenous communities who told them that “they are confining them, by placing improvised explosive targets around them,” said General Díaz.
Similarly, he stressed that in this context, military operations began in the area, and in the midst of them, the uniformed men were detained.
“When they are reaching the highway, they are surrounded by several indigenous people. The sergeant identifies himself as a military man, as a member of the military Army (…) taking advantage of the sergeant’s touch, they tie them up, humiliate them and take away their weapons, which is configured for me in a kidnapping, riot and violence against a public servant, “said General Díaz.
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The officer said that it was not fair that while his men seek to guarantee the safety of the indigenous people, guaranteeing the supply of food and medicine, the community treat them like this.
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