The Army released new details of the violent event that claimed the lives of three people in Huila and which was reported as massacre number 4 so far this year in Colombia.
The Command of the Ninth Brigade of the Fifth Division of the Army informs the public about the discovery of the body of Mr. José Enrique Roa Cruz, signatory of the Final Peace Agreement, in the Las Toldas village of the municipality of La Argentina, Huila.
The troops of the Pigoanza Battalion of the Ninth Brigade, as a result of the stability tasks and search tasks, They found the body in a grave. “The morphological characteristics and clothing suggest that it is the aforementioned peace signer,” said the Army.
At this time, troops are securing the area to allow the entry of the competent authorities, who will carry out the corresponding judicial inspection of the body. Besides, In the same sector, the GLO-083 license plate van was found, property of the National Protection Unit, assigned to the protected person..
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Operations are intensified in the department of Huila, and the force is reinforced with the objective of capturing and prosecuting those allegedly responsible for this tragic event.
Colonel William Javier Lara Avendaño had stated that the events took place on Sunday around 6:00 pm in a spa located in the district of Guacacallo, Pitalito. There, armed individuals shot at the bodyguards, took them away and later dumped their bodies with apparent signs of violence in the area. La Maica village, jurisdiction of Oporapa, Huila.
Senator Pablo Catatumbo, former head of the FARC, lamented the loss and condemned the kidnapping and murder of José Enrique Roa Cruz, member of the Comunes party and territorial liaison in the department of Huila. Catatumbo reaffirmed the commitment of the signatories of the Final Peace Agreement to the peace of Colombia and called for strengthening security measures for all signatories in search of total peace in the country.
José Enrique Roa Cruz, member of the party @ComunesCoL signatory of the Final Peace Agreement and territorial liaison in the department of Huila de @CsiviComunes was kidnapped and later murdered.
In the name of Enrique Roa and all those who have been taken from us, we will continue…— Pablo Catatumbo (@CatatumbComunes) January 16, 2024
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