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Five people, one of them three year old girl, were killed in Colombia in a massacre whose responsibility the government blamed yesterday Monday on the guerrilla organization National Liberation Army (THE N).
THE sacrifice took place on Sunday in the rural area of La Oda, in the province Bolivar (north), clarified the municipal authority to the French Agency.
The Minister of Defense of Colombia Carlos Holmes Trujillo he stated that it appeared to be a “selective” attack by the “ELN”.
After announcing the deployment of security forces in the area, the Defense Minister promised to offer compensation up to $ 12,000 (9,820 euros) for any information that may involve arrest of the perpetrators and up to $ 14,200 (€ 11,620) for “Santiago”, using the nom de guerre of Guillermo Arisa, commander of the ELN front.
At the end of the security advice in #Monte Cristo, #Bolivar, we offered together @GoberBolivar a reward of up to 40 million pesos to anyone who provides information that helps clarify the events where 5 people were murdered by the ELN. pic.twitter.com/eCebmzSAVv
– Carlos Holmes Trujillo (@CarlosHolmesTru) December 28, 2020
The ELN, officially the last guerrilla organization active in Colombia since the signing of a peace agreement with the FARC in 2016, has not yet claimed responsibility.
According to Indepaz, A former FARC rebel was among the victims of this “massacre” (simultaneous murder of at least three people, according to the definition of the UN), of the 90 of this year.
The 90th massacre in Colombia in 2020 under the gaze of the narco-president @IvanDuque: Former FARC guerrilla Rosa Mendoza, 25, her newborn baby and 3 other people were killed on Saturday. Mendoza was the 249th signer of the 2016 peace accords to be assassinated. pic.twitter.com/XbDwlIYMtS
– Dan Cohen (@ dancohen3000) December 28, 2020
The ELN, founded in 1964 by Catholic priests inspired by the revolution Bucket, the authorities believe that it currently has some 2,300 combatants and an extensive support network in the province and urban centers.
Colombia has faced one of the worst waves of violence in years since the FARC peace agreement. The government of the right-wing president Ivan duke attributes the resurgence of violence to organizations financed by trafficking in illicit drugs and minerals, particularly gold.
The Colombian civil war, which has lasted almost six decades, since 1958, has claimed nine million lives: 260,000 dead, mostly civilians, more than 70,000 disappeared and millions of displaced, according to estimates by the National Center for Historical Memory.
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