A serious humanitarian crisis has been denounced by human rights organizations in the rural area of Remedios, Northeast of Antioquia, due to combats between criminal structures.
The situation has been reported for several days now, indicating that there is an alliance between the ELN and the FARC dissidents to combat the ‘Gulf Clan’ in an armed conflict that has already left several dead.
“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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“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.
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