Fighting between illegal armed groups leaves several dead in Remedios

This was reported by the Humanitarian Action Corporation for Coexistence and Peace of Northeast Antioquia (Cahucopana Nordeste), which on social networks has launched a call for help for the authorities to reach the area, as they fear repercussions against the community.

“Around the Plaza Nueva sidewalk there are an undetermined number of dead armed actors, lying on the roads and in the community field. We insist, no entity of the National Government has managed to carry out the removal of the bodies,” the entity denounced.

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For his part, the governor of Antioquia, Andrés Julián Rendón, reported that he will travel to the area and summoned senior military and police officers to carry out actions to restore public order in this area of ​​the Northeast.

“Inhabitants of the municipality of Remedios alert us about the escalation of clashes between the criminal groups of the ‘Clan del Golfo’ and the ELN that would leave several dead, apparently the same illegals. We call on the Army and the Police – who are aware of the fighting – to decisively confront these expressions of violence and protect the civilian population. I will travel first thing in the morning to Remedios to, on the ground, work with the civil, military and police authorities,” Rendón expressed on his social networks.