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The death of Jaider Luis Diaz Otero It was recorded last Monday afternoon in the middle of a confrontation between peasants and the military, due to the fact that a group of uniformed men was carrying out work to eradicate illegal crops in the rural area of Tarazá, in the Lower Cauca of Antioquia.
Díaz’s wife, Luz Mariana Hernández, told Blu Radio that the man “got involved” in the confrontation to “ask peasants and soldiers not to fight” more, because the atmosphere was tense since several people opposed the procedure.
There was a moment when, according to Hernández, one of the protesters tried to take one of the soldiers’ backpacks, and that was when the military reacted and used their weapons.
“The shot hit him from behind, in the head. They also tried to shoot me, they were the ones who attacked us and we were not armed, “the woman said on the station.
Hernández also spoke with Noticias Caracol and reaffirmed his complaint: that “all” the soldiers apparently fired at the community. “One of them told us that if he wanted to, he would shoot us all,” he added.
The woman denied that her partner was a coca grower, saying that He was dedicated to marketing food in the El Doce sector, in Tarazá, and they lived together for six years on a farm where they take care of cattle.
“We ask the authorities to investigate, to punish the soldier, because what he did with my partner he can do with anyone. We are tired of so many abuses by the Army that when they eradicate they also damage other crops in the area ”, Hernández concluded on Blu Radio, and regretted that with the death of her husband, four children were left without a father.
Army responds for the death of a peasant in Tarazá
The National Army, for its part, issued a statement in which he explains that the events were presented during “a coup against the military unit”He blamed “a group of people who tried to prevent eradication efforts” and said that the military operation was also to “combat organized armed groups that attack the civilian population.”
“The soldiers, faced with a real and imminent threat to their physical integrity, withdrew. Later, some individuals enter into confrontation with the troops, where one person is injured. The villagers take her out of the sector and, according to their versions, apparently she dies ”, details the official information.
The Army announced that the command of the Seventh Division “will provide all the necessary support to the authorities” to clarify this case.
The commander of that Division, General Juan Carlos Ramírez, traveled to the area on Tuesday to meet with “local authorities, control bodies and representatives of coca growers,” and thus “agree” on strategies against drug trafficking, as he said on Twitter. .
#Now | We arrived in Tarazá, Ant, with the commander of the Joint Task Force Aquiles, to meet with local authorities, control organizations and representatives of the coca growers, to agree on strategies in the fight #AgainstNarcotrafficking. pic.twitter.com/9W9VJUuwxZ
– Major General Juan Carlos Ramírez Trujillo (@GralJuanRamirez) November 24, 2020
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