A light for those who are no longer

Carolina Argüello Cruz / LN

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Last night, a "velatón" took place in all places of the country and was summoned through social networks by different groups rights. Neiva humans was no stranger to this event and so has concentrated hundreds of people with the badbadinations of leaders and social defenders in Santander Park.

A total of 8 people dedicated themselves to defending the human rights of communities. They were killed by unknown civil society. The question is still foreign to the national government.

Luis Fernando Pacheco, head of the Neiva peace office, rejected these episodes and invited the community to stop and be moved by the death of human beings. they must respect their lives.

"We have to stop around a situation that worries like death and threats

for social leaders and human rights defenders." concrete actions that protect the lives of our compatriots, regardless of the ideology that they profess, the movement or campaign in which they worked, or their gender or gender identity, " Pacheco, the processes of accompaniment of the municipal administration are developed with the victims of the threats or with those who were conditioned to the process of peace.

"We have three actions in which two d & # 39; between them are educational accompaniment, one is peace and the other is the organs of civil society that works for the defense of human rights. The administration of Mayor Rodrigo Lara has collaborated with the reactivation or founding of human rights committees in municipalities and corregimientos of the city. The third action corresponds to the activation of the protection road according to the sector of population to which the people belong; The Office of Peace is the one that activates or accompanies the path of prevention determined by the National Government and which is delegated to the National Protection Unit. We accompany the first action of the road until the UNP determines whether there is a risk or not. This forces us morally to accompany a person who is threatened, who has left his context or his social core, "said the head of the Neiva Peace Office.

With regard to recent developments and in accordance with the Alarming Report of the Office of the Ombudsman, Mr. Pacheco called on the National Government to make a serious commitment to this situation involving Colombians of all political ideologies

"I know of cases of threats from people who have worked and mobilized in Ivan Duque's campaign as people who worked with Gustavo Petro." There is no such thing here. 39, single action, what we have are unofficial power groups, land accumulators, outlaw groups who want to occupy the lines of drug trafficking left by the demobilized or negotiating groups, such as In the case of ELN, even blocks that refuse to demobilize, what we commonly call dissent, there is organized political corruption, cornering a party or sector is a very serious mistake because we have power groups that take advantage of this transition dynamic by refusing to have a better country.It is necessary that the national government act, understand and take all the actions of the case and that the new government badumes commitments. to the ques tion, "he added.

Figures

According to the most recent 311 rapporteurs of the Office of the Ombudsman, from 1 January 2016 to 30 June 2018, 311 social leaders were murdered throughout the country.

Given this phenomenon, Carlos Guevara, coordinator of the Somos Defensores program, declared a humanitarian crisis

"The question of aggression against persons dedicated to the defense of human rights in Colombia is already another level and level at which it is a humanitarian crisis, "Guevara said.

Huila County reports three cases recalled as the murder of the expersonero of Pitalito, Luis Genaro Ochoa in 2017. Another case was that of Robinson Ávila in January 2016 in Algeciras, as well as that of Marceli na Canacué in November 2016.

Heidy Lorena Sánchez, representative of the municipality, expressed her concern about the number of threats to the department, at the same time she asked the Prosecutor General's Office to investigate on these cases.

The Huila Department has in the warning, threats in the municipalities of Campoalegre, Hobo, La Plata, Iquira, Suaza, Pitalito, Neiva and Santa María. With our efforts, it is anticipated that these risks will not materialize. The leaders were served by the roads corresponding to the threats that they underwent ", explained the person in charge

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