The vice president Francia Márquez spoke a few minutes ago after the vehicle in which his father was traveling, Sigifredo Marquez, suffered an attack on the road between Timba (Cauca) and the town of Robles, in the rural area of Jamundí (Valle del Cauca). The Vice President He reported that his 6-year-old nephew and two protection men were also in the car..
“My heart hurts that just on this day, they attacked my father. I inform that my father, with my 6 year old nephew and the two protection mensuffered an attack on the Suárez-Cali highway, near Timba, fortunately they emerged unharmed from the attack and are fine,” Márquez wrote in his X account.
At the Tequendama Hotel, Vice President Francia Marquez, the Minister of Racial Equity of Brazil, the Minister of the Environment in Colombia, among other representatives of institutions, NGOs and IGOs, *position the Afro agenda on issues of land tenure and sustainability Bogotá 14 June 2024. PHOTO MAURICIO MORENO CEET EL TIEMPO @mauriciomorenofoto.
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The Vice President sent a message of concern for the safety of Valle del Cauca and that of her family: “I express my concern for the security in Cauca, Valle del Cauca, in the municipality of Suárez and the township of La Toma, as well as for the security of my community and my family”.
Below that line, Márquez asked the Prosecutor’s Office to open the pertinent investigations to clarify these events and the Ministry of Defense “take the necessary measures to strengthen the presence of military and police forces, which contribute to guaranteeing security in Cauca and Valle del Cauca.”
“In these difficult times I call on all of Colombia to join forces that are necessary to lead our society to peace. If we work in unity we can turn this page of pain and violence”he concluded.
The event occurred at 3:00 pm on June 16. The vehicle in which the Vice President’s relatives were traveling was reportedly hit four times. According to the police, “The father of the vice president was traveling in the company of a minor, both people are unharmed at the Robles – Jamundí Police substation.”
The ‘Jaime Martínez’ front has an impact in the area. This group was the author of the June 12 attacks with a motorcycle bomb in the heart of the urban area of Jamundí, leaving six injured, one of them seriously.
JUAN PABLO PENAGOS RAMÍREZ
Political Journalist EL TIEMPO
