• “We reject any type of harm that is done against the communities of the San Juan subregion” Francisco Vidal Rojas, Secretary of the Interior.
• Authorities agreed to air, river and land deployment of the Public Force in the area of influence of the armed strike to guarantee security.
In response to the announcement of the ELN armed strike in the San Juan, Sipí and Cajón rivers, the governor of Chocó (e) Boris Andrés Peña and the Secretary of the Interior, Francisco Vidal Rojas, led an Extraordinary Security Council this February 9 in the facilities of the Government of Chocó.
At the meeting, measures were adopted to protect the communities of the San Juan subregion and any type of action that threatens their safety was emphatically rejected:
• Increase the presence of the Public Force in the area of influence of the strike to guarantee the safety of the civilian population.
• Carry out overflights by the Public Force to monitor the situation.
• Arrival in the last hours of a platoon of the National Army in Negría.
• Entry of an Armed Force ship into the San Juan River to guarantee river safety and protection of riverside communities.
Finally, the Departmental Government called for respect for the Human Rights of Chocoans and the guarantee of free mobility of the populations. In addition, he urged compliance with the bilateral cessation and the total peace policy.
“We ask the armed groups to fulfill their commitments, and above all to comply with the obligation to respect the norms of International Humanitarian Law and show real signs of a commitment to peace with the Chocoans,” said the Secretary of the Interior of the Department.
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