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In the last 12 hours Three members of the indigenous community in Cauca were murdered, including a recognized social leader and his daughter, a 22-year-old college girl.
The murders occurred in the municipalities of Caloto, north of Cauca and Totoró in the east of the department.
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One of the victims is Oliverio Conejo, who had dedicated himself for the last six months of his life to prevent the arrival of coronavirus in the municipality of Totoró.
For his ancestral knowledge, on Friday night, Conejo was called to attend to the health problems of an elderly adult in a rural area of that municipalityHis 22-year-old daughter Emily, a psychology student, offered to accompany him.
When father and daughter walked through the Chuscales village They were intercepted by armed men who were mobilizing on a motorcycle on the road that connects that municipality with Inzá. According to Ferley Quintero, senior advisor to the Cauca Regional Indigenous Council (CRIC), the bodies were found “his inside the car and the young woman outside the vehicle.”
Upon being notified of this fact, the Indigenous Guard inspected the bodies of the indigenous leader and his daughter, which have already been transferred to Legal Medicine in Popayán, capital of Cauca.
In addition to this double homicide, Violence against the indigenous population also ended the life of community member Héctor Fabio Cuetia. Armed men shot him in the village of Huasanó, rural area of Caloto.
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The senior counselor of the CRIC, makes the complaint of the murder of Cuetia, although he clarifies that he does not know the facts and does not have more information.
“He was assassinated. We do not know the motives, we do not have more information, but we also denounce this situation,” he stressed.
By last, In the municipal seat of Totoró, a security council is held with the presence of the governor of Cauca, the regional ombudsman and the indigenous authorities, to analyze what happened around these three deaths and plan actions that allow finding the murderers.
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