A delicate public order situation arises in the region of Magüí Payán in the department of Nariño, where due to confrontations between dissidents of the Farc there would be at least a dozen dead.
The situation is too complex, it has generated the inhabitants of the region do not want to leave their houses for fear of falling in the middle of the crossfire. Military sources confirmed to SEMANA that several units were sent to verify the facts.
One of the factions that would have entered dispute over criminal income is the Oliver Sinisterra structure, which was commanded by the late alias Guacho, who became known for being ruthless with his enemies.
For his part, the Commander of the Armed Forces, the General Elder Giraldo, indicated that novelties were being presented in the region with various groups armed, facts that are under verification.
“We have had some clashes between organized armed groups. Apparently, some people who make up These groups; the mission we have is to conduct operations in these sectors of the Nariñense geography in order to avoid this type of confrontation, ”explained the military high command.
Residents who have managed to flee from the area that is under fire, located in the village of El Rosario, they assured that they have witnessed corpses lying on the ground, of the victims of the combats between the FARC dissidents.
Although military sources indicated that the dead are possibly members of the Farc dissidents, the residents have indicated that there would also be innocent civilians, who would have been wounded in the midst of the exchange of fire between the dissident structures.
According to the villagers, who have spoken with local media, the fighting has been going on since last weekendbut they worsened in the last hours.
The territorial dispute would come presenting between structure 30 of the FARC dissidents and Oliver Sinisterra, who seek to take over illicit drug crops and routes to send cocaine abroad.
In statements to the local press, the inhabitants from the region assured that many are confined, hidden under beds, in bathrooms, or have gone into the bush to avoid being hit by bullets.
The picture is too complex, indicating peasants that there are children, pregnant women and older adults unable to leave their territories.
But in addition to the dead, say the Peasants have seen people lying on the ground wounded without anyone being able to help them. The facts are presented in the line of the Patía River, which includes the regions of El Rosario and Bolívar, where the peasants assure that they have not seen the presence of the Public Force.
The area, according to military information, It corresponds to the jurisdiction of the Hercules Joint Task Force, whose mission is to guarantee security and stability of public order in the region.
The facts are presented in the middle of the takeover General Giovanny Rodríguez, who took over as the new commander of said military unit.
