Colombia: they kill a liberal candidate and she …

In the midst of the conflict unleashed in Colombia by the rise of dissidents of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
, an ultraliberal candidate for mayor was badbadinated, Karina García and her five companions. The bodies were found burned in the southwestern department of Cauca, a region where the column Jaime Martínez, formed by members of the group of insurgents who renounced the 2016 peace agreements signed with the Colombian government.

García, who challenged the intention of the municipality of Suárez (Cauca) for the liberal party, had disappeared over the weekend. A few hours later, his cremated car was discovered. The candidate He had reported threats and intimidation messages had been written in recent days about his campaign posters.. "While a group of my candidacy was going to announce that four armed subjects were preventing them from doing so," the candidate said a few weeks ago in a video posted on their networks.

The news was confirmed by the governor of Cauca, Oscar Campo. "The authorities confirm that calcined bodies have been found. The bodies correspond to the candidate Karina; his mother who accompanied him; a candidate for the Suárez Council; the driver and two other people "said the governor.

According to Campo, the people "They were ambushed" on Sunday. Although he specified that until now they could not specify "who did it", the official pointed out that the area in question is a territory of the "group Jaime Martínez" FARC insurgents.

For its part, the office of the mediator has repudiated the crimes on Twitter. "We condemn with pain the mbadacre perpetrated in the district of Betulia, municipality of Suárez (Cauca), against the candidate for mayor, Karina García and his companions," they said.