Worry about ELN incursion to Bolívar to collect vaccines and kill young people

A group of armed men, presumed members of the ELN, worried the southern Bolivar community (Colombian Caribbean coast), where they arrived in rural areas to carry out vaccinations and kill young people accused of To be criminals.

According to witnesses, six people dressed in camouflage and armed with short and long-range weapons arrived in the area earlier this week to extort merchants and "kill two youths"; the details RCN Radio.

"The subjects received heavily armed ELN insignia in communities such as Minas Santa Cruz," said community members who flipped leaflets and were looking for two young people to justify them, said the figure. from Barranco de Loba, Meredith. Padilla.

The situation has resulted in the partial suspension of courses in public schools. And this caused panic in the population, as men arrived house by house to deliver educational materials.

"As it is a city strongly affected by violence, when such situations occur, there is a feeling of tension, the behavior of people changes, there is such a fear", a- he declared. RCN Radio the parish priest Jhon Salcedo, parish priest of the municipality of Altos del Rosario.

The raid, up to now, has not generated violent events. But faced with the concern of the community, local authorities have promised to increase military security. Earlier this month, ELN and the army clashed in the region.