2023-12-06 07:01:00
Given the events that occurred last week in the municipality of Jamundí, where four people were kidnapped, two of whom were found dead, the governor of Valle del Cauca, Clara Luz Roldán, insisted that the national government take a special look at the department. .
Likewise, the president asked the Nation to demand that illegal groups respect the agreed agreements.
For the governor, it is necessary that “Valle del Cauca be looked at in a special way because we are the department and, as for the capital, the ones with the highest rates of violence. With the early warnings we have told the national government to look at our department.”
The president regretted the kidnapping and subsequent murder of a man and his 17-year-old son in the rural area of Jamundí and made a harsh statement to respect the agreements established at the dialogue tables in search of peace by the groups. illegal.
Requirement
The leader expressed that “again I want to tell the national government that the greatest number of massacres in Colombia has been occurring in recent years. “If there are agreements regarding demobilizations, if they are sitting at a peace table with agreements regarding a ceasefire, the Government must demand respect for these groups outside the law.”
He also noted with concern the increase in kidnappings in the country.
In this regard, Roldán emphasized that “kidnappings continue to grow in the municipality, in the department and in Colombia, situations that are occurring cannot be covered up and of which I have been insisting that there are issues that cannot be addressed by the departmental governments.” “, but from the national government with the President and the Minister of Defense.”
The regional leader added that “it cannot be that these groups say that they are going to continue kidnapping because they need to finance themselves, the Government must set conditions to sit at the tables for peace agreements.”
Controversy
After the statements by the President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, about the priority regions and cities for his new security policy, great concern has been generated in Valle del Cauca, especially in Cali, since the city was excluded. and the Valley to be part of these measures.
“I want Bogotá, Barranquilla, Cartagena, Cúcuta to be the outposts of my government’s new security policy: In-depth police intelligence to dismantle the large gangs that are growing, even with the help of some politicians,” the Colombian president wrote through your X account (formerly Twitter).
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