This Friday, June 21, there will be President Gustavo Petro in the city of Popayan to launch the Cauca Mission Plan, which is the social investment component of the military operations that now advances against the FARC dissidents.
The president will explain how the actions of the different cabinets will be integrated when carrying out productive and investment projects on issues of health, roads, education in the municipalities that are now the scene of confrontations with this illegal armed group.
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As a result of this visit, where he will be accompanied by the Minister of Defense, Iván Velásquezthe local authorities adopted a series of measures, which are an example of the atmosphere of tension that exists in Popayán due to the war that is now being waged against the dissidents led by alias ‘Iván Mordisco’after the suspension of the bilateral ceasefire last March.
At this time, there is a ban on male and female grillers in the urban perimeter, a measure that came into effect this Thursday night and will extend until 8 pm tomorrow, Saturday, June 22.
You also cannot carry firearms in the city, much less move debris and it was ordered not to use drones in the surroundings of The House of coin and in the Historic Center, the sale of liquor was also prohibited in commercial establishments located in the center of the city.
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It was also declared alert in the hospital network in the city and they decreed quartering in all police and military units located in this area of the country.
The arrival of the Colombian leader is also recorded in an environment marked by the warlike actions of the FARC dissidents and the ELN guerrillas, armed groups that are now contesting several areas of the department.
In the last few hours, fighting has been reported between these armed organizations in Corinth and Miranda, in the north of the department. The Silvia communities also denounced that the THE N executed a checkpoint in the Usenda sector of the road that connects the municipalities of Silvia and Piendamó.
