Community would have received in response that they would not be released until an ”investigation” was completed.
After the complaint from the Government of Antioquia regarding the disappearance of Juan Carlos Jiménez Moreno and Armando de Jesús Barroso, from the Lejanías village of the Carrizal district, became known, members of the community indicated that, apparently,the ELN would not yet releaseto the member of the Community Action Board and the resident of this town.
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The condition for their release would be, according to what the community had been informed, that they finish carrying out the alleged investigation for which they were summoned last Saturday, June 15, to the security sector.Old MineIn cordoba.
Let us remember that theSecretary of Security of Antioquiaheretired general Luis Eduardo Martínezstated that the information they had was that they had to go to that place because the illegal armed group ordered them to explain why they had some information about theGulf Clan.
In that sense, the statements of the Secretary of Security were blunt when he assured that “this would correspond to aviolation of the bilateral ceasefire agreementthat this armed group has with the national government”.
It is important to mention that, when this alleged ELN response to the disappearance of Juan Carlos Jiménez Moreno and Armando de Jesús Barroso became known, we consulted the Security Secretariat of Antioquia, which indicated that it did not have data about this.
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As for human rights defenders, they reported that the community has requested that the case be treated only withhumanitarian cordon. That is to say, their intention is for the authorities to not have as much prominence, apparently, to protect the lives of the kidnapped.
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