There is one person injured and several families confined. Indigenous authorities demand that the clashes stop immediately.
According to information provided by the Nasa ACIN Human Rights Information and Monitoring System, Since yesterday, Wednesday, fighting has been reported between the Dagoberto Ramos Front and the National Army in the municipalities of Caloto and Toribío in the north of Cauca.
Since then, there have been reports of tatuco explosions in the El Credo village, some of them exploding very close to homes and educational institutions, as well as gunshots in the La María and El Damián villages of the indigenous territories of Huellas and Tacueyó where reports have been reported. homes affected by bullet impacts.
Due to the intensity of the fighting, the ancestral authorities They preliminarily report the confinement of 536 families in the El Damián village and 413 families in the La María village.
Likewise, ancestral authorities report that, in the midst of the crossfire, In the village of El Damián, a 31-year-old indigenous woman was injured coming from the San Francisco reservation. The woman was referred to a hospital care center in the region.
Likewise, the authorities, through their monitoring system Tejido de Defensa de la Vida y los Derechos Humanos, demand that the armed actors stop the clashes immediately, as well as demand respect for International Humanitarian Law and the protection of the civilian population. .
Likewise, they call on human rights organizations to remain alert to these events and provide humanitarian aid.
RTVC Noticias will remain attentive to new information as to whether any State institution has already been present at the site to attend to the emergency situation that the north of Cauca is going through. We will be informing.
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