The army freed the man who had been kidnapped by the Gulf Clan

In recent days, the Clan del Golfo has been the protagonist of several reports, because despite being one of the groups that agreed to a ceasefire with the government at the beginning of 2023, hostilities n have not stopped. This March 12, he was the protagonist because the Joint Task Force Aquiles, in coordination with the National Policeannounced that after an operation they managed to free a citizen who had been kidnapped, apparently by this organized armed group.

According to information, the incident occurred in the municipality of Caceres, Antioquia. According to authorities, the released man was found with various injuries on his body and even told authorities that members of the narco-paramilitary group told him he would be killed.

“He was found with beatings all over his body, disoriented, with his hands and feet bound with ropes and cables, which decreased blood circulation, in the same way he was found in sanitary conditions appalling,” the men in uniform said.

After the release of the victim, whose identity is not known, it was announced that he was taken with his family to the corregimiento Guarumowhere these days the violence has escalated due to the miners’ strike, which is presumed to have been infiltrated by the clan.

“The victim, who had been deprived of his liberty for several days, is at home with his family and friends, resuming a normal life,” the institution said.

Let us remember that, in the context, the national government mentioned that until the violence stops, the talks will not resume, even through its Twitter account, the president, Gustavo Petro He mentioned that this is a sign that the armed group has no real desire for peace.

“If he gulf clan is behind the blocks, so he does not want peace as he said. Peace implies the dismantling of illegal economies”, he wrote on his official Twitter account, through which he also extended a reflection on the armed structures with these characteristics: “The Gulf clan is the heir to the structures paramilitaries of Urabá, which is why it was created by the state itself, but gained autonomy with drug trafficking and illegal mining. It acts by bribing officials and terrorizing the population.”

On the other hand, other forms of violence that have spread have been denounced on social networks; Also, leaving parts of the country without supplies, both food and medicine, the moment was left on video when, after burning ambulances, they began to play with their stretchers.

Also, the demonstrators attacked members of the public forces, including the magazine Week He denounced that people who were on the scene tried to set fire to the soldiers. According to the report, protesters in the area surrounded the army members and set fire to the grass in an attempt to get the fire to enclose them until they could burn them.

Fortunately, however, members of the public force They managed to control the flames and avoid a tragedy on the spot, because in the area there were houses where there were other people who could have been injured. According to the story of militarywhere the attempt on their lives took place, in addition to them there were a newborn and others two minors.

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