Two escorts from the security scheme of the former mayor of Neiva, Huila, Rodrigo Lara Sánchez, assigned by the National Protection Unit (UNP), They were detained by the Western Coordinating Command, who also stole the weapons they were carrying.
“The two people assigned to my security by the National Protection Unit have been temporarily detained by an armed group on the road from Popayán to La Plata in Huila in a “fishing”, the assigned vehicle and the assigned weapons were stolen. ”, wrote Lara Sánchez.
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This was denounced by the former mayor and former vice presidential candidate through his Twitter account, where he denounced that This event occurred on the road that leads from Popayán to the municipality of La Plata, when armed men cut them off on the road and forced them to deviate from it.
“In addition to the vehicle assigned to my security, other vehicles and people were diverted and detained near La Plata Huila, as I am informed. Fortunately the two assigned people were released and are unharmed.”, wrote the former mayor.
In another Tweet, the former mayor directly blamed the Western Coordinating Command for this fact, stating that this group gave their escorts a card from this group when the retention ended.
“These are the actors of the alteration of security in western Huila. Illegal checkpoints, extortion, threats to the population. This is the card they handed over after taking the assigned vehicle and weapons. What is the response to the population?”, wrote Lara Sánchez.