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Fights between the guerrillas National Liberation Army (ELN) and dissidents of the FARC have confined the inhabitants of two hamlets in the southwest of Colombiadenounced this Saturday the Association of Indigenous Councils of Northern Cauca (ACIN).
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The clashes between the THE N and the Dagoberto Ramos Front occur in the hamlets of The CouncilOf the municipality of mirandaand of Black riverin Maroonboth in the department of Cauca.
According to a statement from the ACINon Friday the presence of “armed men in camouflage, identified with armbands of the National Liberation Army (THE N), patrolling the sidewalks (hamlets) caparrozal and He council Of the municipality of miranda”.
The information added that at the same time there were movements of “numerous armed men” belonging to Dagobert Front bouquets on the sidewalk Black river Of the municipality of Maroon.
The dagoberto ramos is made up of members of the former sixth front of the FARC and of the columns gabriel galvis and jacob arenaswho did not accept the peace agreement signed by the Colombian government and that guerrilla in November 2016.
“Since that moment, both groups have been fighting in the limits between both municipalitiesabove the houses and workplaces of the community members of these territories”detailed the ACIN.
For those fights and before the “high risk” in which is the population “The confinement is reported on the sidewalks of The Council and Black river”.
The clashes occur after the announcement of the agreements of ceasefire between the Colombian government and the ELN at the dialogue table Cubawhich will come into effect on August 3.
The indigenous people recalled that in several scenarios they have warned that “ceasefires must be reached with the aim of safeguarding the lives of the communities most vulnerable to the armed conflict. Announcements of bilateral ceasefires are useless if there are no real effects on the territories”.
Faced with this situation, they requested the accompaniment of the UNwhile to the Ombudsman’s Office and the Mission to Support the Peace Process in Colombia of the OAS (MAPP/OAS) called on them to “Act in order to guarantee respect for the life and integrity of all community members.”
Source: Elcomercio
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