A new serious act of violence was reported during the afternoon of Tuesday, April 30, in Casanare, region of the Llanos Orientales, where a bus was burned by a group of armed men who identified themselves as members of one of the dissidents of the extinct guerrilla. of the FARC.
“Total repudiation of the terrorist act of the burning of the intermunicipal bus serving the peasants and small farmers in the Los Cauchos village from the municipality of Sácama, in our department,” reported the governor, César Ortiz Zorro.
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Apart from the attack against the bus, the departmental leader reported another attack in the capital of Casanareña.
“It was about throwing a grenade in the urban area of Yopal, carried out by bandits who want to intimidate the honest working population and believer in a comprehensive and permanent peace,” he pointed out.
It is the second time this month that the burning of a bus has been reported after the one that occurred on April 13 on the marginal road to Llano, in the municipality of Nunchía, in the east of the department. The car covered the Villavicencio-Arauca route, and when it left the satellite terminal in Yopal, with 20 passengers, Two armed men forced the vehicle to stop and the occupants to get out, and then set it on fire, detailed in the local news portal. The Voice of Yopal.
Given these events, Governor Ortiz Zorro offered significant monetary compensation for information that would allow the perpetrators of the attacks to be located.
“I gave precise instructions to the senior military and police officers to pursue and capture these criminals. I also ask for the collaboration of the community so that Give us information that allows the identification and capture of those responsible for these events for which we have allocated up to 50 million pesos reward,” he announced.
The official also requested greater support from the President of the Republic, Gustavo Petro, so that the presence of the Public Force in Casanare is increased.
“I request the National Government and the Ministry of Defense for their urgent presence in the department, forceful actions, more tools and greater strength. Here we have the unwavering decision to continue working in an articulated manner to protect the Casanareños, but we need your support. This department is a territory of peace and opportunities,” he urged.
Finally, the governor also called on the population of the department not to let themselves be intimidated by the actions of the violent in that region.
“These acts are intended to intimidate the institutions and our Military and Police Forces, but they are wrong because they are not going to intimidate us in our articulated struggle for the peaceful coexistence of children, youth, women and adults. Peace is achieved when violence ceases not only in the fields, but also in the hearts of the violent,” he concluded.
The incineration of the bus occurs just when a regional security council was held on Tuesday afternoon in the municipality of Monterrey in which the Government Secretariat of the department, the Public Force and mayors of the towns in the south of the department participated with which seeks to counteract the actions of illegal armed groups that commit crimes in the area, they highlighted in The Voice of Yopal.
Among the conclusions, the mayor of Monterrey, Alejandro Ballesteros, pointed out that the investments that have been made in terms of security must be monitored.
“It is important to me that they also articulate all the processes with the Territorial Security Fund (Fonset) in search of identifying a common pool so that the investment in the National Army, Police, Prosecutor’s Office, UNP, and other attached entities can be truly seen” , they quoted from his statements in the local media.
