In the last hours, the murder of community member Eyber Danilo Poto Pazú, kidnapped since last Saturday, June 22, in the rural area of the municipality of Toribio, Cauca, was confirmed.
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“Attention, despite the calls from the indigenous authorities of San Francisco, Toribio and the pleas of the family, Eyber Danilo Poto Pazú, who was kidnapped on June 22, has just been murdered. The indigenous authorities have pointed directly to the Dagoberto Ramos front“said indigenous leader Eduin Capaz Lactemo, of the Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca (Cric).
Despite calls to respect his life and the search by the indigenous guard to find him safe and sound, the victim was found dead on the night of Thursday, June 27, on the side of the road in the Tóez sector. in Caloto.
The 37-year-old community member, at approximately 8:30 in the morning last Saturday, June 22, was forced to get into a vanwithout license plates and taken towards the El Palo district, witnesses said.
According to the Association of Indigenous Councils of Northern Cauca (Acin), Poto Pazú was kidnapped by Commander ‘Pájaro’ and ‘Avelino Ul’, members of the ‘Dagoberto Ramos’ front.
“We view this fact with great worry“This is a new escalation of attacks against indigenous communities in the territories of northern Cauca,” Acin said in a statement.
Armed men reportedly took the indigenous community member away.
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“Although progress has been made in the defense of life through territorial care points, the tours of the indigenous guard – kiwe Thegnas and the reactivation of the Permanent Assembly Sites, we continue to experience the deepening of violent dynamics “They seek to ensure control of the territory by armed groups that want to dominate the communities,” the indigenous organization adds.
Added to this is the kidnapping and subsequent murder of community member Florentino Mesa Noscú.
According to witnesses, the victim was traveling on a motorcycle with his wife and son in the municipality of Miranda, in the Campo Alegre area of the indigenous reservation of La Cilia and La Calera last Monday, June 24, when armed men intercepted him in the middle of an illegal checkpoint and forced him to get into a truck and took him away to an unknown destination.
His lifeless body, with several gunshot wounds to the head, was found on the border with the town of Corinth.
