Because they have not received concrete solutions at the dialogue table with national government officials, vindigenous oceros of Huila, who have been concentrated since the previous week in the municipality of El Hobo, They decided to close the Route 45 road that connects Neiva with Bogotá and the south of the country.
Bernardino Menza, senior coordinator of the Regional Indigenous Council, pointed out that the closure of the national highway is carried out in the El Pescador sector and at the Neiva tollbooth exit to Bogotá, pprotest to which is added the rejection of not installing more tolls in Huila.
“We have a total closure of the Route 45 road in the El Pescador sector, in Hobo, and also in other places. The road to Baraya is also closed. We have coordinated with indigenous people from Putumayo to do the same closing exercise of the road in that region of the country,” said the CRIHU spokesperson.
According to spokespersons for the Regional Indigenous Council, they warned that, if during the course of the day there are no concrete solutions to the agreements agreed with the national government, The blockade of the road could continue indefinitely.
The dialogue table takes place in the municipality of El Hobo, where, according to the senior councilors of the indigenous communities, to date there is no They have achieved concrete solutions that are part of the agreements, among them the issue of roads, security, education, land and the non-installation of more tolls in Huila.
This Tuesday there is a damming of vehicles in the El Pescador sector, where the main road was closed and, according to minga coordinators, So far the blockade of Route 45 will last until noon.
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