About 20 Heavily armed men entered the sector known as ‘La Cantera’ in rural area of Riohacha. They intimidated the workers and proceeded to incinerate about 14 cargo vehicles and yellow machinery.
Burning of yellow machinery in Riohacha
Photo:Private file
“There are no complaints of extortion so far in the National Police, we are waiting to speak with Colonel Rico of the Army and we wait when we get there to have the report of what happened. The situation is serious, There are 14 incinerated vehicles and two yellow machines, it is a very high value“, indicated the Secretary of the District Government of Riohacha Wilson Rojas Vanegas.
The situation has generated alarm among residents of the sector.
The affected company would be a contractor consortium of the Albanian mayor’s office, which awarded the rehabilitation works of the La Florida-Cuestecitas road, worth more than 79 billion pesos in 2022.
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The authorities have not yet commented on the events recorded in the rural area of the Barbacoas district and to confirm the number of incinerated vehicles.
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