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Almost two months complete the invasion of five thousand people on a property in Caucasia, Bajo Cauca, Antioquia, The mayor is asking the national government to speed up finding a place that allows families to have a decent settlement.
Why has there not been a solution?
No solution has been found because there is no property that can house nearly five thousand people, which is what is estimated. They arrive daily from places like the south of Córdoba, south of Bolívar, specifically the municipalities of La Apartada, Buenavista, Córdoba, Durex, Planeta Rica and Venezuelan foreigners have also been identified in this property, as the Caucasia mayor’s office clarifies that 90% of these people do not stay overnight.
What worries Johan Moreno, mayor of Caucasia, the most is that The supposed leaders would be charging these families to sell them part of the lot.
“As leaders who come to these properties because the information has not reached where, apart from that, They sell them for 200, 300, 500 thousand pesos a lot, generating false expectations in this because the reality of the good is not clear, the right or the good actions of the administration in enforcing the private good in this as the complainant requested at this time, Mrs. Ami Judíth Candón,” the local leader told Caracol Radio.
The mayor’s office fears that this situation will become a humanitarian crisis in which he feels with his hands tied, after the suspension of the eviction that was to take place almost a month ago.
What happened with the eviction?
Even though there was already a protocol, The SAE made the decision to suspend the complaint that requested the eviction, this situation at the time generated discomfort, Even the governor of Antioquia, Andrés Julián Rendón, had described that decision as a shame and asserted that it seemed that the national government endorsed this type of invasions.
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“But The National Government never ceases to surprise us: the same SAE, an entity of the National order, ordered to “desist” from the process of recovering the property. Do they perhaps set a precedent that justifies any invasion of private property? “Very serious!” Governor Rendón said at the time on his X account.
What does the Special Assets Society say?
The Santa Helena property is under the administration of the SAE and according to its director in the western region, Mauricio Urquijo, The most important thing was to talk with the communities and not fall into the desire of an eviction that would lead to a possible violation of human rights.
“We need, before the use of force, verify which people are there and for what reasons, have a clear overview of what fundamental rights must be guaranteed before the use of force and, of course, try to avoid it,” Mr. Urquijo insisted.
And despite the fact that since last April 11, President Gustavo Petro urged local governments to look for a property that would allow such relocation, The mayor’s office recognizes that there is not one and that they are tied up, without having legal tools to carry out the eviction, and they consider that the conversations that would allow these people to settle in the lower Cauca of Antioquia are not advancing either.
