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From 6 in the morning, the total closure of the Armenia-Calarcá road in the María sector begins due to double carriageway works.
And the Vías y Equipos del Café Consortium and INVIAS will carry out the total closure of the Armenia – Calarcá road, until Friday, June 7, from 6:00 in the morning to 6 in the afternoon. The above due to the work activities inherent to the construction of the dual carriageway.
In this regard, the city’s Transit Secretary, Daniel Jaime Castaño, stated that they will provide the relevant support for the corresponding eventuality and will establish the contingency plan.
This is how he called on drivers to take alternative routes such as Calarcá – Chagualá Bypass – Armenia; Calarcá – El Caimo – Armenia and/or Balboa.
It was clear that they will be ready to avoid affecting mobility such as traffic jams and delays, which is why accessing alternative routes is key. He also sent a message regarding prudence and patience within the framework of the contingency of the work that will improve mobility in said area.
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Traffic accidents and deaths due to road accidents on the roads of the department of Quindío do not stop, there are already 11 deaths in the last two weeks in the region, the last two on the festive long weekend
A dead motorcyclist leaves a traffic accident on the coffee highways on the Armenia Pereira road at the entrance to the municipality of Salento,
The road accident occurred on the night of Friday, May 31, on the Armenia – Pereira road, km 11+700, municipality of Salento, a motorcycle with license plate BSI93F, brand Suzuki DR 200, according to the report from the Quindío Traffic Police. Apparently the motorcycle was hit by a vehicle that had fled, since there were parts of another vehicle at the scene of the accident.
The driver of the motorcycle died at the scene of the accident and was identified as Juan Pablo Arango Valencia, 37 years old.
Fabián Camilo Hernández Robayo, 21, who was driving a truck that crashed into a container of a mule tractor in the Versalles sector in Calarcá, died in a clinic in Armenia and died in a hospital in Armenia due to the severity of his injuries. Quindío.
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While on the line, but in Tolima, two deaths resulted from a traffic accident that occurred at the entrance to the Los Azulejos Tunnel in Cajamarca where the driver of a tractor-trailer truck apparently had mechanical failures in the brakes and crashed. against another tractor-trailer and went head-to-head with the tunnel entrance and caught fire.
The victims of this accident were identified as Fabián Moreno, the driver of the incinerated mule tractor, and his companion, Sebastián Hernández, who died at the scene of the accident.
The national deputy director of the Traffic and Transportation Police, Colonel Jaime Ríos, stated that investigations are progressing to determine what could have caused this road accident but recognized that due to the increase in accidents, checkpoints and prevention campaigns have increased.
According to preliminary investigations by the Transportation Superintendency, it is evident that one of the vehicles registered in the incident was allegedly NOT transporting the load that would have been reported in the National Cargo Registry – and, in addition, it was traveling overweight on said road.
The accidents do not stop on the roads of Quindío, over the weekend two road accidents occurred on the Armenia Club Campestre road where three taxis, motorcycles and private vehicles were involved that left 2 people injured.
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In judicial news, the Quindío Police captured a man in flagrante delicto for theft and personal injury.
And around 4 pm yesterday, Monday, the Police were required in the Popular neighborhood. Upon arriving at the scene, the patrol observed a crowd of citizens who had captured a 25-year-old individual, who was accused of having beaten the driver of a public service bus from the COOTRACIR company minutes before for stealing his cell phone. and 500,000 pesos in cash.
In this sense, they captured the alleged aggressor, who was placed at the disposal of the competent authority for personal injuries and theft for prosecution. According to initial investigations, the captured person boarded the bus as a passenger, and when they were traveling through the Popular neighborhood on Carrera 19 the events occurred.
The injured person was sent to the local hospital, where he received treatment and had multiple bruises on his head.
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Two homicides occurred over the weekend in Quindío.
On the night of holiday Monday, June 3, a homicide was recorded in the La Isabela neighborhood in the municipality of Montenegro.
According to information from the authorities, a man identified as Julio César Franco, 42, was murdered with a firearm on a public street in front of his residence.
The victim had recently returned to the country after being deported from the United States and had a criminal record for the crimes of conspiracy, trafficking, manufacturing and possession of narcotics.
The other homicide, as Juan Sebastián Romero Pardo, 28 years old, the man murdered on the night of Sunday June 2 in the La Fachada neighborhood, block 66, in the city of Armenia, was identified. The authorities are investigating motives and perpetrators of this murder which is the first in the month of June.
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The Quindío Police captured alias “Chitor”, one of the most wanted criminals of the department in the city of Armenia
“Chitor” had an arrest warrant in force for several serious crimes, including conspiracy to commit a crime, trafficking, manufacturing or carrying of narcotics, manufacturing, trafficking, possession or carrying of a firearm, and illicit use of furniture and real estate.
It is worth remembering that “Chitor” was on the most wanted poster of the Quindío Police; this man was part of a criminal organization called “Furtivo”, dedicated to drug trafficking and that operated in the Patio Bonito neighborhood. This organization was dismantled in October 2022.
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Duván Estiven Ciclos Rengifo, 19 years old, was identified as a young soldier from La Tebaida, Quindío who died in the middle of a funeral in Cauca by bullets from FARC dissidents.
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Mental health problems do not stop in Quindío, in the municipality of Calarcá, a man identified as William Fernando Escalante García, 31 years old, took his life in the bathroom of a hotel in Villa del Cacique, in events that They were presented last Friday, May 31.
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From Armenia, the Minister of Culture announced the creation of a fund of 1,200 million pesos for research on the Quimbaya Treasure, the return of which the Colombian government has requested from the government of Spain.
And it was one of the announcements made by the head of the portfolio Juan David Correa during a forum at the Museo Del Oro Quimbaya in the city of Armenia about the Quimbaya collection that rests in the Museo América in Madrid in Spain.
The Minister of Cultures, Arts and Knowledge explained “Yes, it is one of the measures that we are going to take, we are going to create a fund at the Colombian Institute of Anthropology and History, endowed with 1.2 billion pesos so that researchers can Colombians and the international world can delve deeper into the investigation of the Quimbaya culture
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The governor of Quindío Juan Miguel Galvis took advantage of the presence of the minister of cultures and reiterated the call that if the treasure is returned it would be in Quindío and indicated “to request the protagonists of this call that as a Colombian State is made, that the Quindío be reconsidered as the home of the Quimbaya Treasure once it returns; “It is the legacy of our ancestors, which would make our Quindian identity proud to continue enriching our cultural heritage and inheritance of future generations.”
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Good news in Geneva, Valle del Cauca finished the 50th version of the Colombian Andean Music Festival, Mono Núñez.
Valentina Loaiza Serna, representing Quindío, won first place in the vocal soloist category, achieving an excellent presentation and representation of the region in the most important festival of Colombian Andean music.
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During the anniversary celebrations for the 122 years of founding of the municipality of Pijao, Quindío, the Quindío Coffee Growers Committee, the Regional Sena and the municipal mayor’s office held two contests on the region’s quintessential drink, coffee.
In that town at the top of the mountain range, moments of joy, emotion and the aroma of good coffee were experienced. A child under 12 years of age, Manuela Raigoso, stood out in the “Coffee Prepared in Pot” contest by achieving first place. .
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For the first time, Quindío has the Philharmonic Orchestra of the University of Quindío and the Institute of Fine Arts, made up of 49 musicians among young people, adults, students and virtuoso teachers from various regions of the country.
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The authorities in Armenia establish dialogue tables to reduce acts of intolerance between taxi drivers and illegal transport drivers
In recent days, a video circulated through social networks of an alleged attack by a taxi driver against a digital platform driver, which would show that the acts of intolerance between them do not stop.
Regarding the problem, we consulted the city’s Secretary of Government, Andrés Buitrago, who recognized the complexity due to the lack of regulation from the national government.
It was clear that they held the dialogue tables to reduce the effects and understand that the corresponding control over the issue only corresponds to the Transit authorities.
He stated that they are monitoring the situation to avoid confrontations because it increases the risk for the people they transport and affects the image of tourists who come to the city.
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The governor of Quindío, Juan Miguel Galvis announced during the symposium on the Quimbaya treasure that the government is willing to invest part of the royalties resources in the transformation of the bullring and the El Bosque park into a cultural and artistic setting for Armenia and the department.
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The Mental Hospital of Filandia announced the “Day of Love for the Hospital”, which will take place from today until June 8 at the different headquarters of the organization. In this way, beautification activities will be carried out in green areas, cleaning days, ecological walks, tree planting, oral health brigades, hairdressing and barbershops.
The above, with the aim of offering a more welcoming and appropriate environment, both for users and for staff; and also seek, with this, to strengthen the dissemination of the Hospital’s mission, which is to provide support, hope and humanized care to those who need it most.
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In sports, a positive balance for Quindío in sports and organization matters allowed the holding of the national athletics championship and the national BMX cup in the Armenian Athletics stadium and the BMX track in the Recreation park
In sports, a silver medal, with Valeria Sofía George López; and another bronze, with Helen Juliana González Medina, won the Quindío in Athletics, while in BMX Jerónimo Sayago, was the most outstanding by achieving a silver medal in one of the bike cross categories.
Finally, faced with a new failure for Deportes Quindío in the Dimayor B Tournament by failing to reach the final of the first semester, they will play their last game today, Tuesday at 5 pm at the Centenario stadium facing Cúcuta Deportivo.
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