2023-07-10 17:03:00
The Yukpa Authorities Colombia Serranía del Perijá they asked the president Gustavo Petro guarantee the life and cultural integrity of the ethnic group following registering an attack once morest the vehicle assigned by the National Protection Unit to the indigenous leader Adolfo Garcearan in the rural area of Becerril, Cesar. He Governing Council Adolfo Garcearan He wasn’t in the van, they said.
In a statement to public opinion, they revealed that the attack occurred on Saturday at 5:30 in the followingnoon when a commission from the ethnic group was returning from the El Roncón settlement, when unknown persons opened fire six times once morest the vehicle in which they were transporting the two escorts and the legal advisor of the Sokorpa reservation, Ana Erika Benavidez who were unharmed.
In the open letter they recall that this attack is added to the one that occurred on May 13 in the municipality of La Paz, Cesar, once morest the governor of Reservation of El Rosario Bellavista and Yukatan, authority Jaime Luis Olivella Marquez, who lost one of his eyes at the hands of where unfortunately he lost his eye at the hands of ‘Gulf Clan’.
On this same fact, they assure that: “DIn a suspicious and dangerous manner, the National Police harassed our authorities so that the three people involved in the incident and who had been captured by our territorial protection authorities known as the indigenous guard, were handed over to the Ombudsman’s Office and the Attorney General’s Office of the Nation.LIt is unfortunate that the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation, less than 12 hours following they were handed over, released them and without taking the statement from the victim governor and the Yukpa indigenous people.” read in the statement.
They reiterated that they are awaiting President Petro’s response to a request to hold a public hearing with the people Yukpa
“Clearly, the President considers that there are first, second and third class indigenous peoples. We hold the President of Colombia, the Minister of the Interior, the Minister of Defense and the Director of the UNP responsible for all the acts once morest our people.”, they indicate in the document.
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