ANDThe Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca (Cric) reported that Eyber Danilo Poto Pazú, community member of the indigenous reservation of San Francisco in the municipality of Toribío, had been kidnapped since June 22. His murder, which occurred five days later, has shocked the indigenous community and national public opinion.
Senior Colombian government officials have expressed outrage and concern over this murder. Alexander López Maya, director of the National Planning Department, harshly questioned the perpetrators through his account on the social network “they are far from a true vocation for peace” and rhetorically asking about the meaning of killing innocent people.
For her part, Vice President Francia Márquez also spoke out, emphasizing that the government’s fight is to guarantee a country with rights, opportunities and peace for new generations.
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The Dagoberto Ramos structure, identified as the alleged perpetrator, is part of the Western Bloc of the Central General Staff, a dissident group of the FARC that withdrew from peace negotiations with the National Government in March of this year. This decision led the Executive to implement an offensive strategy in the department of Cauca, which has intensified tensions in the region.
Nelson Lemus, father of the victim and current vice minister for ethnic peoples, is a recognized figure in the Nasa indigenous community. With a career that includes roles as senior advisor to Cric and advisor to former senator Feliciano Valencia, In February 2024, Lemus took over as head of the vice-ministry for ethnic peoples within the Ministry of Equality. Her work has focused on promoting projects to benefit communities in northern Cauca, a region that has been historically affected by armed conflict and social marginalization.
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