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He heartbreaking attack committed this Wednesday in Jamundí (Valle del Cauca), that left at least five people injured -between them, Two policemen-generated a wave of rejection in the Congress of the Republic, whose members now ask the President Gustavo Petro and Vice President Francia Márquez measures to address the difficult public order situation.
From the opposition, the Valle del Cauca congressman Christian Garcés (Democratic Center) asked the head of state and the also Minister of Equality hold a government council in Jamundí to define social investment and the challenges of Public Force to recover the territory.
“Criminal groups have taken Jamundí. It is necessary to define national budgets that, together with counterparts from the Government and the municipality, manage to generate income and employment opportunities for rural populations who have had to dedicate themselves to coca production in order to survive. At the same time, that our Army and Police have all the tools and resources to confront these groups that are besieging the municipality,” declared the congressman.
Along these lines, he called on the union of all the living forces of the region to recover Jamundí and strengthen security in the Valley. “The Government, mayors, leaders of the private sector, academia and the population in general must unite around recovering Jamundí. All together we can demand concrete commitments from the National Government to solve the problem that has brought total peace to the Valley,” he added.
In turn, representative Duvalier Sánchez (Green Alliance) claimed that given the frequency of guerrilla attacks in Jamundí, it is necessary to permanent presence of President Gustavo Petro and the high military leadership until control of the territory is recovered.
“I have lived here for 5 years and there is a lot of fear, don’t leave us alone. Once again, another attack and harassment in Potrerito are destroying the tranquility of the people, with commerce, with tourism. Illegality is destroying legality; Although this is not new, it is now more frequent and closer to the civilian population,” he said.
When claiming for “immediate actions”, the congressman proposed a padlock plan at strategic access points and 24-hour military presence. “None of that has been seen until now,” he said, while questioning the work of the Governor Dilian Francisca Toro, who he pointed out was only interested in “charging the security surcharge.” without any positive results.”
Meanwhile he representative Felipe Jiménez (Conservative Party) called for a “tough hand” with the criminals that Colombia is destroying,” the Valluno congressman Hernando González (Afro seat) urged to provide protection “to the population of Jamundí who is frightened by terrorism.”
The explosion of a motorcycle bomb in the center of the municipality of Jamundí, Valle del Cauca, It was recorded on the morning of this Wednesday, also leaving a sergeant and a police patrol vehicle injured. confirmed the local mayor’s office.
The motorcycle, which exploded in front of the banking entities Bancolombia and AV Villas, would have been loaded with detonators since Tuesday night and its purposeaccording to preliminary information, was to attack the members of the Police who remain in the mobile CAI, very close to where the explosion occurred.
The injured, two seriously, were taken to hospitals in Jamundí and the city of Cali. He revealed that one of the uniformed men would have his limbs compromisedsince it was very close when the detonation occurred.
This is one of the violent events that have hit the south of the country since early this Wednesday. Very early, around 5:30 am, dissidents harassed explosives and rifle bursts at the Police substation of the Potrerito district of the municipality of Jamundí. The community reported the fact on their social networks and called for the presence of the Public Force in the face of criminals.
In both cases, those responsible would be guerrillas from the Jaime Martínez Front of the Central General Staff.
