In the midst of the San Juan and San Pedro festivities that take place in the department of Huila, several incidents of insecurity have occurred that deserve the attention of the authorities. To the homicides that have been recorded in Pitalito, Campoalegre and Algeciras these days, two serious episodes were added this week: the double crime that occurred in the rural area of the municipality of Rivera and the incineration by armed men of a heavy-duty vehicle on the road between the municipalities of Hobo and Yaguará.
The authorities are obliged to provide a group of police officers and investigators from the Technical Investigation Corps, CTI, of the Attorney General’s Office to clarify this chain of events that affect the security and tranquility of the Huila residents.
In the case of the burning of the vehicle, the first reports indicate that it is a case of FARC dissidents seeking to pressure the payment of extortion. All this is part of the great impact that the department of Huila is experiencing due to the stalking of these illegally armed groups that have strengthened over the last year and a half under the ‘umbrella’ of the ‘Total Peace’ policy of the Government of Gustavo Petro.
Faced with the double crime recorded in Rivera, it is necessary for the authorities to investigate quickly and determine if members of illegally armed groups are behind the two murders. The Police, the Army, the Prosecutor’s Office and other authorities must be on alert to prevent the green capital of Huila from ending up under siege or in the hands of residual organized armed groups or criminal gangs.
When an illegally armed group begins to threaten a region, there is unrest, private investment disappears and unemployment grows.
