Five civilians were found dead in the rural area of the El Caracol district, in the Arauca municipality, in the department of the same name.
The Ombudsman’s Office He reported that he was able to verify the discovery of the bodies, which would constitute a new massacre in the country.
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In Arauca, illegal actors such as the Eln, dissidents from the Farc and groups of drug traffickers have presence and power, who exercise control along the border, both over Colombian citizens and over Venezuelan migrants.
“The barbarism of criminals has no limit. We vehemently reject its occurrence and ask the authorities to clarify what happened as soon as possible,” said the Ombudsman on its institutional Twitter account.
1. The @DefensoryCol has learned of the possible occurrence of a massacre of 5 people, members of the civilian population in the El Caracol village, Arauca municipality, after confirming the discovery of the bodies in a rural area. pic.twitter.com/uZUQJq7lLS
– Ombudsman (@DefensoriaCol) August 21, 2020
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The facts of Arauca they join the massacres that occurred in the last week in Cali, Samaniego and Ricaurte (Nariño), mainly against young people, who have outraged the country and are the subject of investigation.
In Cali, five young people, some of them minors, were murdered on August 11. Later, in Samaniego, eight people who were chatting in the rural area of the municipality were killed. And three Awá indigenous people were later murdered in Ricaurte, a Nariño municipality, last Tuesday.
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