Commotion in Colombia over New Massacre: Four People are murdered on a Farm in Buga, Valle del Cauca

In the early morning of this Sunday, January 24, 2021, the massacre of four people was experienced in Buga, Valle del Cauca, This was confirmed by the commander of the Police of that department of the Colombian southwest, Colonel Jorge Urquijo.

According to the first reports from the authorities investigating the case, the events occurred at 3:00 AM, on a farm in that municipality (Buga), on a property located in the Chambimbal district, ten minutes from the main road. What is known so far is that armed men entered the scene and indiscriminately shot those who were inside the building. Four people were killed immediately, and three more were injured.

Among the fatalities are four young people between 18 and 20 years of age, and among the three people who were seriously injured is a 71-year-old man.

Governor Clara Luz Roldán, while men of the national army were moving to the area, called an extraordinary government council to take urgent measures in the face of this violent event with which the municipality is awakening.

This massacre follows one in Jamundí, in that same department, in October 2020 and, according to Indepaz (Institute for Development and Peace Studies), it is the sixth massacre of what has been running in 2021.

News in development.