The 42 mayors of the municipalities of Valle del Cauca, tired of the attacks by groups outside the law and of those who have been victims in recent months.
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“This is a national problem, it is not just our problem, because there are terrorist groups that are carrying out terrorist attacks against the civilian population and we need greater force from the public force,” said Alejandro Eder, mayor of Cali.
Eder added that “we cannot allow terrorist attacks against the civilian population to become entrenched again in Colombia.”
At the meeting, everyone The mayors agreed to sign an act with several points that need urgent attention from the national government.
Representatives of several affected unions were also present.
Juan Manuel Sanclemente, executive director of the Inter-Union Committee of Valle del Cauca, assured: “It affects a sector like sugar cane, but other sectors also end up having economic and even effects. the market abroad is affected. “These problems make us less competitive.”
María Isabel Ulloa, director of Propacífico, commented on this problem: “Not only are young people being recruited every day to take them to the north of Cauca, but also, “It is illegality that is constantly calling them not to continue with their life projects.”
In the middle of the meeting, several complaints were also made known.
“There is a road today built illegally from the mountains of Jamundí towards El Naya, only for the use of drug trafficking and that road must be destroyed by our Military Forces,” emphasized Cristian Garcés, representative to the Chamber of Valle del Cauca.
In Jamundí, where the most recent attack occurred, which left six injured, security operations were reinforced led by the Army, the Police and the Sijín.
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