A motorcycle caretaker is the victim who is seriously injured by the explosion of a motorcycle bomb by dissidents

Rafael Ángel González was referred to the Fundación Valle del Lili clinic, in Cali, because it is a highly complex care center. It is located in the south of the capital of Valle del Cauca, near Jamundí. Although the Jamundí mayor’s office had initially reported that Mr. González had died from the detonation, they later clarified that he is critical at the Fundación Valle del Lili clinic.

According to the Mayor’s Office, “Mr. Rafael, The person who takes care of the motorcycles in Bancolombia and suffered serious injuries due to the explosion that occurred this morning in the municipality, is alive. Currently, he is being treated surgically by professionals at the Valle del Lili clinic. “We continue to monitor his health status and will provide updates as we have more information.”

Regarding the injured police officers, according to authorities, they are out of danger.
There are three other civilians who were injured and were treated in Jamundí.

The action is part of the terrorist escalation by the dissidents under the command of ‘Iván Mordisco’, of the ‘FARC Central State’.
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​The Municipal Mayor’s Office of Jamundí initially reported “about an incident of harassment that took place at the Potrerito substation this morning. This attack has generated concern in the community, so immediate measures have been taken to guarantee the security of the inhabitants”.

Subsequently, the mayor of Jamundí, Paola Castillo, expressed: “We have had several difficult months in our municipality. This morning we suffered two simultaneous attacks, of which, one was harassment in the rural area of ​​Potrerito that fortunately did not report injuries, but again They break into the tranquility of our population. There was an attack in the urban area, near the banking area, in the center of Jamundí, where four civilians were painfully injured, one of them seriously, apparently of origin. foreigner. He was sent to Cali, to the Fundación Valle del Lili clinic.

“In different ways we have been asking the National Government for its support. Today we demand that President Gustavo Petro look towards Jamundí, because our citizens cannot continue in the middle of this absurd war that does not belong to us,” said the local leader.

“They have the solution. We here in the territory have been working tirelessly to improve security, standing up for it, accompanying the community. Don’t leave us alone!” I note. He said that today more than ever in Jamundí they must be united. “May those who raise arms respect life and respect our territory. May Jamundí finally be that territory of peace that we all long for,” said Mayor Castillo.

“Our work against crime needs the decisive and forceful support of the National Government; president, we must intensify the fight against crime in the department: Valle del Cauca is at risk,” said the governor of Valle, Dilian Francisca Toro.

“As I have proposed, on different occasions, the central government must lead the articulation of a comprehensive intervention in the Colombian Pacific, supporting the Police and the Army with increased strength and logistics, as well as the installation of the N Infantry Battalion. .°8 Battle of Pichincha in the high mountain area of ​​Jamundí to guarantee territorial control. But also, as I expressed in the Security Council in Tuluá, with a crop substitution plan and social intervention in the territories; in which he has all our willingness and support to move forward from the @GobValle,” he added.

“We are working tirelessly in the search for security in Jamundí and this has caused a terrorist escalation of crime in response to the pressure that we are exerting in conjunction with the Public Force to combat them both in the rural area and in the urban area. “, stated Governor Toro.

“Once again, today there are reprehensible acts against the civilian population and the Public Force in Jamundí, including the attack with an explosive device in the center of the municipality that has caused injuries to citizens and members of the
@PoliciaCali ; terrorist actions that we vehemently reject. All my solidarity with the Jamundeño community and uniformed personnel affected by this new attack,” said Toro. “President, count on us to work jointly for the security of Valle del Cauca and the Pacific!” Toro concluded.
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CAROLINA BOHÓRQUEZ
EL TIEMPO correspondent
Cali