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After Sigifredo Márquez, father of the vice president Francia Márquez, will escape unharmed from the attack perpetrated on his vehicle in which he was traveling in Jamundí, Valle del Cauca, the National Police detailed how the agents of the National Protection Unit (UNP) managed to safeguard his life and that of his companions.
This Sunday, June 16, in the celebration of Father’s Day in the country, the vice president of the Republic He asked the Prosecutor’s Office to investigate the attack against his father, while at the same time The Ministry of Defense asked him to “take the necessary measures to strengthen the presence of the military and police forces, that contribute to guaranteeing security in Cauca and Valle del Cauca.”
While investigations are underway to locate the criminals, in which the authorities They offer a reward of up to 100 million pesos For information that allows locating the criminals, the General of the National Police, Jorge Urquijo, detailed what was experienced while Marquéz, together with his six-year-old nephew, was the target of an attack by armed men.
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According to the information provided by the officer, The gunmen opened fire four times against the truck after the driver refused to stop on the road.
“The vehicle was approached by two motorcyclesthe bandits shot at the armored car and, Thanks to the maneuver of the UNP agents, they managed to reach the municipality of Robles,” the general detailed to WRadio.
Immediately, the security scheme “asks for help from the Army soldiers who were in the area.” Later, informed of the situation, One of the aircraft from the Cali air base moves to the site to evacuate Márquez’s family.
The authorities have pointed out the Jaime Martínez structure of the self-proclaimed Central General Staff of the FARC dissidents as the main suspects in the attack.
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“One of the hypotheses is the actions of the FARC dissidents, the Central General Staff, specifically, the Jaime Martínez structure. We are in the process of investigation to argue based on the evidentiary material that we are collecting in the area,” General Urquijo told Semana magazine.
Given this fact, the office of Presidency He noted that “the attacks against the civilian population are a flagrant violation of international rights and human rights. It is unacceptable that armed groups operating in the area continue to use disproportionate violence and terror as tools of war.”
Behind the serious security crisis what this region faces besieged by armed groups outside the law, The Government noted that “the Military Forces will continue on the offensive against all the structures that persist in the war and that continue to hinder the path of peace in Colombia. “These groups will continue to bear the full weight of the law.”
