Santa Marta
The authorities of Santa Marta confirmed the installation of the Unified Command Post, PMU, in the Buritaca area, before the civic strike for peace and mobilization of the communities of the Caribbean Trunk who demand that Gustavo Petro’s government expedite the dialogue table with the organization Autodefensas Conquistadoras de la Sierra, since the crossfires have them frightened.
This artery, direction Santa Marta – La Guajira, will be congested by protesters and logistics personnel who will only allow the passage of ambulances and other vehicles that require priority passage.
The concentration will begin in the Mendihuaca village, in the Tayrona National Natural Park, and will move along the entire road corridor.
From the Mayor’s Office they have said that The PMU will be made up of the District Personnelthe Ombudsman’s Office and our Public Force, to articulate, supervise and take actions that guarantee the legitimate right to protest of peasant communitiescommunity and indigenous leaders, Afro-descendants, tourism unions and businessmen from the Sierra Nevada.
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The above is to preserve the rights of those who will not participate in the demonstration that seeks to accelerate Total Peace in the territory.
SECURITY COUNCIL BY THE GOVERNMENT
The governor of Magdalena, Rafael Martínez, also convened an extraordinary security council to evaluate and monitor public order in the Sierra Nevada due to the presence of the Conquering Self-Defense Forces of the Sierra Nevada (ACSN) and the Gaitanista Self-Defense Forces of Colombia or Clan del Golfo. Furthermore, for the “warning from intelligence reports and citizen complaints of a possible armed strike called by illegal structures”.
“This extraordinary Council has been convened to address the situation that is tense in the rural area of the north of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and at the same time review the public order situation and the security pressures that occur in the municipalities of CiénagaZona Bananera, Fundación and Aracataca, where armed groups operate that could, according to intelligence reports and complaints from citizens, be secretly promoting an armed strike with the façade of a ‘peaceful protest,'” said Governor Martínez.
The strategies to be implemented in terms of security and defense of human rights in the mountain range will also be announced. addressing possible violations of the different armed groups that operate in this territoryLikewise, the coordinated actions that will be deployed from the institutions (Prosecutor’s Office, Army and Police and the Government).
“This strategy will have a humanitarian component with a view to protecting the life and personal integrity of the indigenous and peasant communities that have settlements in the sectors in which conflict is being generated in the Sierra Nevada,” explained Nayara Vargas, secretary (e ) inland.
