The FARC dissidents that operate in southwestern Colombia are not only profiting from activities derived from drug trafficking but areThey are the main drivers of illegal mining in the Naya region, and other sectors of the rural area of the departments of Cauca and Valle.
This was identified by the authorities in the most recent security council, where it was learned that the illegal highway with a length of 14 kilometers that leads from Jamundí to the Naya River It would also be a corridor used by this armed group to mobilize the gold collected from illegal exploitation.
“We have 14 points in the Naya of illegal mining exploitation that produce around 33,000 grams of gold per month, 12 hectares are deforested, 450 grams of mercury contaminate our rivers but the most important thing is that they earn 29 million dollars a year,” said Governor Dilian Francisca. Bull.
The Valle del Cauca president also pointed out that so far there has been no progress to intervene on this road built by the dissidents to enable the passage from Jamundí to the Naya.nor the illegal gasoline stations in the upper part of Jamundí, a situation that he asked to be intervened by the national government.
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