:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/GJHDWJPF4ZDT5JJK4N3O3PUUBA.jpg "Attack against a leader of the Parti Comunes in Tame (Arauca): more than 10 wounded by gunshot received the vehicle 1")
Around noon, Monday February 20, the National Protection Unit (UNP) reported a attack against Jesús Torres Corredor, signatory of the peace agreement between the extinct FARC guerrillas and the Colombian Statewho is currently a member of the Political Council of the Parti Comunes, a group that emerged after the former insurgent group abandoned the armed struggle.
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The first versions would imply that the ELN or the dissidents of the Farc would be responsible for this fact, because of their strong presence in the region.
“#Development. Attack against national leader of @ComunesCoL. The vehicle of a national leader of the Comunes party received 10 impacts. The fact happened in Tame Arauca. Protected and escort out of danger. The legitimacy of the armor (sic) is questioned,” they reported on the official UNP Twitter account.
As he headed towards Bogotá, the ex-combatant’s vehicle was attacked by men traveling on motorbikes and although no one was injured, the blows pierced the armour.
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The soldier was attacked and forced into a truck by armed men who took him to an unknown destination.
“When my security plan was about to come to my house to collect me … motorized men attacked the vehicle. I was not in the vehicle, I was at home.” Torres told reporters.
Likewise, he assured that the shots had hit a wheel, and others struck the rear of the vehicle, piercing part of its armour.
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Karen was buried in La Esmeralda Cemetery. His body rested there, peacefully, for seven months afterwards. After this period, the attacks began.
On its Twitter account, the Commonwealth Party They condemned what happened and stressed that it was yet another affront to peace.
“Total rejection of these events which not only threaten the integrity of our comrade @JTorresArauca and his security plan, but against the whole #PazTotal project; Peace passes through the protection of the lives of the signatories (sic)”, they expressed.
AlsoThey released a statement in which they detailed what happened during the armed attack against the vehicle of the chief of this community.
“The events occurred in the neighborhood of El Vergel (…) when one of the vehicles assigned to its protection was hit by a firearm. We call on the national government to provide them with the guarantees necessary for the political and social exercise, for the specialized prosecutor’s office to carry out the investigations so that the facts and the persons responsible are clarified”, they specify in the letter.
On February 6, a signatory of the peace agreement between the government and the FARC was assassinated by hitmen in a district of Cali (southwest), in which he represents the first murder of ex-combatants of the year.
According to the Institute of Studies for the Development of Peace (Indepaz) since 2016, during the signing of peace between the Colombian government and the FARC, 349 demobilized were murdered.
And in the report presented by the UN Verification Mission in Colombia at the beginning of last January, they assured that Since the signing of the Peace Accord, 355 ex-FARC combatants who have disappeared have been murdered.
The period covered by the said report is from September 27 to December 26, 2022, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterresaffirmed that during the first months of the government of Gustav Petro: “Measures have been taken that demonstrate their determination to move forward towards the consolidation of peace in Colombia. I am pleased that the full implementation of the Final Peace Agreement is at the center of your efforts. »
According to the UN, in 2022 alone, 50 ex-guerrillas from the insurgent group were killed. The last case was John Janer Velasco Palacios. The man, who was on his reintegration procession in the department of Cauca, was assassinated on December 25.
However, the Secretary-General pointed out that there are 13,000 men and women ex-combatants who remain committed to peace: “I highlight the recent reactivation of the National Reincorporation Council and the appointment of the new Director of the Reincorporation Agency. I am confident that the government and ex-combatant representatives will act in accordance with their responsibility to ensure the long-term success of the reintegration process.”
Regarding the issue of peace signatories, he also assured that the 75% of ex-combatants They participate in productive, collective and individual projects. “Despite the fact that 84% of female ex-combatants are involved in productive projects, many continue to face challenges in actively participating in decision-making,” the document states.