The Secretary of Security of Antioquia, Luis Eduardo Martínez Guzmán, denounced that two farmers have been missing since last SaturdayJune 15, in the rural area of Remedios.
Identified as Juan Carlos Jiménez Moreno, recognized leader of the Carrizal district and Armando de Jesús Barroso Herazoa resident of this same area, would be in the power of a group outside the law.
According to information that the authorities have received, members of the National Liberation Army (ELN)an illegal group with interference in the Northeast of Antioquia and that is in dispute with the Gaitanista Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (Agc), would have them against their will.
According to the secretary, members of the guerrilla group would have summoned these people to, apparently, hold them accountable why they were giving information to the AGC, for this reason, Army sources stated that, supposedly, the members of the ELN They described the victims as informants of the ‘Gulf clan’.
Main park of Remedios (Antioquia), a municipality that is more than 4 hours from Medellín.
Photo:Mayor of Remedios
“Since that day these people have not appeared anywhere. There has been no financial requirement, The family remains completely silent, but there are people around who realized the situation and decided to make this fact known,” said the secretary.
The disappearance of these two people was brought to the attention of the UN Ceasefire Verification Commission, being a violation of the bilateral ceasefire that is presented in the department.
It was reported that Jiménez Moreno is the treasurer of the Community Action Board of the Lejanías village (Remedios), while Barroso Herazo is a native of the Mina Vieja sector, located in the department of Bolívar, bordering Antioquia.
The authorities have information that the victims are tied up and social leaders are mediating so that they are released as quickly as possible.
LAURA ROSA JIMENEZ VALENCIA
Nation Journalist
Medellin
