Colombia: 5 people are murdered, 3 of them Venezuelans, in the municipality of Betania

Three Venezuelan citizens and two Colombians were murdered early this Sunday at a farm in the municipality of Betania, in the department Colombian from Antioquia (northwest), reported official sources.

“In the last hours a multiple homicide was registered in Betania that left at least five people dead (3 Venezuelans and 2 Colombians) “reported the Governor of Antioquia, Aníbal Gaviria Correa, on Twitter.

The massacre occurred at the La Bogotana farm located in the La Primavera village, which is part of the municipality of Betania.

The president added that due to this situation that affects public order, an extraordinary security council was chaired by the Secretary of Security of Antioquia, Jorge Castaño.

The authorities indicated that they are working to verify if there are more victims, a task that is difficult because there are explosive devices on the farm.

Local media indicated that Of the three murdered Venezuelans, one of them had been working on the farm for more than a year and the other two had arrived at the place about two weeks ago.

On Colombia There are about two million Venezuelans who fled their country in search of better life opportunities because their country is mired in a social, economic and political crisis.

Armed groups operate in Antioquia, including the Gaitanista Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AGC), also known as Clan del Golfo, which dispute with the FARC and ELN dissidents the control of illegal economies such as drug trafficking, illegal mining and smuggling, and put at risk the security of populations in vulnerable and unprotected situations.

In November of last year, this same municipality was shaken by a massacre of 10 people that occurred on a farm in the hamlet of La Julia, where men arrived who opened fire on the coffee pickers who were in a bedroom where there were fourteen peasants.

Three men and one minor were prosecuted for this massacre, who were charged as allegedly responsible for the crimes of aggravated homicide, illegal possession of weapons, conspiracy to commit aggravated crimes and use of minors for the commission of crimes.

That massacre followed one that occurred that same month in which five people were murdered in a rural area of ​​the Nechí municipality, also in Antioquia, where those who were chatting in a pool hall were shot.

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