Massacre in Bolívar: 5 members of a family were murdered – Other Cities – Colombia

Illegal armed groups murdered 5 members of the same family in the limits of the municipality of Montecristo and Santa Rosa del Sur, in the department of Bolívar.

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“The Alto Caribona community was the victim of an act of violence, a massacre that occurred at a point known as La Honda, Montecristo jurisdiction on the border with Santa Rosa del Sur,” said the mayor of Montecristo Jairo Hernández Buelvas.

According to the authorities, the events occurred in an area with very difficult access, where there are clashes between dissidents of the Farc and the Eln and that left five members of a family murdered.

“We have decided to notify the Ombudsman’s Office, the International Red Cross, the Security Secretariat of the Government of Bolívar and all entities that have to do with these matters,” added the mayor.

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Peasant associations from southern Bolívar and lower Cauca Antioqueño, on Twitter, confirmed that Among the victims is the FARC ex-combatant, Rosa Mendoza and a minor.

“A commission of the municipal mayor’s office is already in the village of Villa Uribe, which is the closest village to where the events occurred,” added the mayor who asked the National Government for help.

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“In Montecristo we do not have enough logistics to get to the scene, we ask the Army to transport the mayoral officials by helicopter if possible,” the mayor told local radio.

The area where the events took place had already been declared a ‘time bomb’ by the authorities, due to the presence of the ELN guerrilla, the FARC dissidents, organized crime and criminal gangs that feed on illegal mining. drug trafficking and extortion.

Rosa Mendoza had founded the Association of Agrarian and Environmental Housing of southern Bolívar.

She becomes the 249th victim of FARC ex-combatants assassinated since the signing of the Peace Accords, according to the organization Institute of Studies for Development and Peace (Indepaz).

According to Indepaz, during this year, ending on December 25, 89 massacres were registered throughout the country, in which 370 people were murdered.

Indepaz also maintains that 62 municipalities, in 23 departments, were the scene of massacres: Antioquia with 21 massacres and 82 people killed; Cauca with 13 violent attacks that left 53 dead; Nariño suffered 9 massacres and 42 murders, and Bolívar suffered three massacres in which 11 people died.

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