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After learning about the massacre in Rionegro, where Armed men killed seven people in a home in a rural area, As reported by the authorities, the mayor of the municipality, Jorge Rivas, announced the measures that will be taken in terms of security after the violent event.
“A lock plan has been deployed to find these bandits and be able to arrest them and bring them to the competent authorities.“Rivas said after the massacre that occurred on Tuesday night.
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About the massacre, which occurred in the Cabeceras village, a rural area of the municipality located on the outskirts of Medellín, the president referred to the homicides that shake the Rio Negro community.
“Very regrettable, we reject what happened in our municipality, we are very dismayed because we had a decrease in homicides, but with yesterday’s events, with disproportionate force they enter a home, attack people who were dedicated to construction, “We don’t really know what happened, it is an unprecedented event,” Rivas explained according to MiOriente and W Radio.
Furthermore, he explained that The victims were not under threat: “The investigations really lead to identifying who were the people who committed the homicides, it is part of an investigation and we hope with the public force to continue the search for those responsible for this unfortunate event. As for the victims, they are people who were carrying out construction work, they did not have any type of threats,” the mayor said.
““I have convened a security council to stop this wave of violence,” he added.
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“Ten subjects carrying long weapons”
“At around 7:30 at night, here in the rural area of the municipality of Rionegro, an unfortunate event occurred where “seven people are murdered” Colonel Carlos Andrés Martínez Romero, commander of the Police of the department of Antioquia, where the crime occurred, indicated in a video sent to the media.
The massacre occurred when “Ten men carrying long weapons broke into a house” in a sector known as Cabeceras, said Martínez, who offered a reward of 50 million pesos for information about those responsible.
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Military deployed a “lock plan in the municipalities surrounding Cabeceras in order to locate those who carried out this violent act”indicated the seventh division of the army, on the social network X.
So far this year, The authorities have arrested several drug trafficking bosses in Rionegro and its surroundings.
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Several drug gangs have a presence in the region, including the Clan del Golfo, the most powerful in the country, according to the independent organization Mesa de Human rights from the East of Antioquia.
cwith information from AFP*
