four Awá indigenous people were killed

The massacre of four Awá indigenous people in Nariño was confirmed. The incident occurred around 11:30 am this Sunday when armed men arrived at a public establishment in the village of Altaquer, a rural area of ​​Barbacoas, Nariño, and attacked those who were there.

According to the Institute of Studies for Development and Peace (Indepaz), the event caused the death of four Awá indigenous people and left two injuredwho were transferred to the hospital in the municipality of Ricaurte, 40 minutes from the scene of the events.

This would be the 58th massacre in Colombia so far this year. According to Indepaz, the organized armed groups operating in the area are the ELN, the Oliver Sinisterra Front and other local structures.

For its part, the Ombudsman’s Office issued Early Warning 45/19 since 2019, in which it indicates that these illegal groups are intimidating and attacking the inhabitants of the municipalities of Barbacoas, Ricaurte and San Andrés de Tumaco, in Nariño.

Also, For some time now, there have been warnings regarding the special risk faced by the indigenous people who live in this area.

“A network of illegal economies has been generated in this area that emerge as a result of historical institutional abandonment and impoverishment of the population,” Indepaz said in a statement.

At the moment, no further details of the events are known.

It should be remembered that on July 4, the Attorney General’s Office announced the opening of the investigation to find those responsible for the murder of three Awá indigenous people in the Inda Sabaleta reservation in the municipality of Tumaco, Nariño.

“The Prosecutor’s Office arranged a team of prosecutors, investigators and criminalists to carry out an investigation into the murder of Deputy Governor Orlando Moreano and two UNP escorts, as well as other members of the Awá community who were injured in the Inda Sabaleta reserve, Nariño,” the report said at the time. accusing body.