Two indigenous community members were kidnapped in separate incidents, allegedly by members of the Dagoberto Ramos column of the Central General Staff of the FARC, in northern Cauca. One of the community members was found dead.
The first case occurred in the El Tierrero village of the municipality of Toribío, where Eyber Danilo Poto, 37, was intercepted and forced to get into a truck by alleged members of the armed group.
The second and most serious incident took place in the Campoalegre neighborhood of Miranda. Florentino Mesa Noscue was kidnapped while riding a motorcycle with his partner and his minor son. Later, his lifeless body was found in the area bordering the town of Corinth.
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The representative to the Chamber and indigenous leader, Ermes Pete, made an urgent call to the National Government: “We demand immediate justice and effective protection for our communities. Violence in Cauca has reached unsustainable levels and far from improving, the public order situation is getting worse every day. Cauca cannot tolerate any more violence.”
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These acts of violence were recorded while the ancestral communities denounced the arrival of new illegal armed actors to their territories in the department, further increasing tension and danger in the region. Local and national authorities are under pressure to take decisive action to protect indigenous communities and restore peace in Cauca.
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