Six men died in the last 24 hours in two massacres perpetrated in the last 24 hours in the municipalities of Miranda, Cauca, and Florida, in the department of Valle, lor that violence in the south of the country worsens even more.
The first of the events occurred when three men who were chatting on a street in Miranda were shot to death.
Indepaz detailed that the three people were massacred “by armed men who approached them and attacked them without saying a word.”
Two of the victims were identified as Jhonny Gómez and Álvaro Sánchez, who, according to the community, were street dwellers.
The identity of the third person has not yet been determined; However, local media indicate that she had recently arrived in the municipality.
The other bloody incident occurred in New Horizon neighborhood, in the municipality of Florida (Valle del Cauca).
There, the three victims were attacked with bullets from a van on public roads.
In that area they operate front Dagoberto Ramos of the dissidents of ‘Iván Mordisco’ as well as local criminal gangs.
According to Indepaz figures, there are now 29 massacres that have occurred in Colombia so far in 2024.
The Ombudsman of Colombihas warned that both in Cauca and in its neighbor Valle del Cauca the escalation of the armed conflict and direct violence is evident, not only due to the presence and territorial control of the groups present, but also due to the entry into these areas of other illegal armed structures.
Last Thursday FARC dissidents of the Central General Staff (EMC) They attacked a police station in El Caramelo, a rural area of Cauca.
This week the EMC, which is currently split into two groups previously commanded by ‘Iván Mordisco’, intensified the number of attacks in Cauca that began with four coordinated attacks that left one civilian and two police officers injured.
The Colombian Government suspended the ceasefire in three departments after violence against indigenous people and public forces with the most belligerent group of the EMC, commanded by ‘Iván Mordisco’ and that he is no longer at the dialogue table.
EFE
