Colombian Gaitanista Self-Defense Forces (AGC), also known as Gulf Clan and they are the main criminal gang in the country, assassinated social leader Lenin Guerra Officials in the Antioquia (northwest) department reported this Friday.
The High Commissioner for Peace condemned “the murder of social leader Lenin Guerra Castro and the disappearance of his partner Yuliana Galeano Luján, who was released hours later”. Guerra and Galeano, prominent leaders of the municipalities of Remedios, were abducted by the AGC in Segovia, which the government saw as “a new action of the AGC against civilians”.
“More than 30 years have passed since the destruction of pain, dreams and life projects in this region. We demand the freedom to act with integrity and to commit this irreparable harm and crimes against life to the ÖGK, which is attributed to local sources. He announced to the public that he had declared a ceasefire since then.
The Gulf Clan announced on August 7 that “aggressive hostilities” had been unilaterally stopped. Seeking “peace paths” in the face of the “different period” that opened with the inauguration of leftist Gustavo Petro as president in Colombia. Peter showed his will to pursue a policy of complete peace. continue peace talks He speaks not only with the guerrillas of the National Liberation Army (ELN), but also with other armed groups operating in the area.
Regarding Clan del Golfo, born after the demobilization of Colombia’s paramilitary United Self-Defense Forces (AUC), the president spoke of “voluntary submission to justice” as he distinguished between groups like the ELN. from rebellion and an ideology and these other groups.
Since the Colombian Government extradited Dairo Antonio Úsuga, the alias ‘Otoniel’, last May of Klan del Golfo’s top leader, this group launched a campaign of retaliation. Last May, the country
denial of guilt
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombia lamented the crime and appreciated that Galeano was “free and alive”. “We call for the investigation, prosecution and punishment of these acts of violence. We call for action to be taken to prevent such attacks on defenders, leaders and society,” said the body.
The German Embassy in Colombia said those who killed Guerra were “cowards”. The diplomatic mission on Twitter said, “We strongly deny this crime and express our condolences to his family. When will they realize that violence is not a path?”
Office of the Ombudsman this Friday, between 1 January and 31 July of this year 122 murders of social leaders and human rights defendersrepresents an increase over the same dates of previous years. That’s 32 more homicides than on the same date in 2021, where 90 were reported, and 16 more than in 2020, when 106 were recorded between January and July.
Source: Informacion
