According to the Arauca Government, 10,000 people are at risk of being affected by these events.
The confrontations between the dissidents of the Farc and the Eln in Arauca leave, until the morning of Monday, January 3, 22 dead and the threat of forced displacement of 2,000 people in that border department with Venezuela.
The inhabitants of the municipalities of Tame, Fortul, Saravena and Arauquita They continue to be affected by the combats that take place in that region between the dissidents of the Tenth Front of the Farc and the Eastern War Front of the Eln.
The Eighth Army Division reported this Monday that preliminary information indicates that these clashes between illegals are due to the control of illicit economies in this region.
For its part, the Office of the Ombudsman warned because in the last hours there have been “Homicides, threats, illegal detentions, massive displacement and risk of forced displacement”In these municipalities.
According to the Army, to deal with this situation they will put in place a special security device that will travel to the area to help initiate the corresponding investigations.
“We categorically reject these violent acts among these criminal groups, responsible for the effects on human rights and violations of international humanitarian law in this area of the country, which affects the civilian population ”, reads the Army statement.
By this situation The UN called for respect for International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights of the civilian population and he asked the government to “activate the necessary contingency plans and measures to comply with the recommendations of the early warnings of the Ombudsman.”
Around 10:00 am this Monday, a departmental security council will be held to take action on this case. The Army added that the military operations will continue in a sustained and forceful manner “hand in hand with the other authorities deployed in the department of Arauca, with the main objective of protecting the civilian population, those directly affected by the violent actions of these groups by margin of the law ”.
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