The minister of National Defense, Diego Molano Aponte, announced the activation of the plan called Sandra Liliana Peña Chocué to combat crime with three purposes:
- Caldono free of illicit plantations.
- Territorial Control and frontal combat against organized crime and the Dagoberto Ramos front.
- Protection of all Indigenous communities and social leaders.
The minister of National Defense, Diego Molano Aponte, headed an extraordinary Security Council in Caldono, Cauca, after the acts of violence in the region, including the murder of the indigenous governor of the La Laguna de Siberia reservation, Mrs. Sandra Liliana Peña.
Somme of the major commitments are : the joint work with Prosecutors, Police and Indigenous Guard to clarify the facts, the commitment of dismantling the dissidents of the Farc Dagoberto Ramos, the installation and progress of the technique Table for the program of manual eradication and the injection of $1,000 million by the Ministry of the Interior for productive projects. The great purpose is to achieve by December: Caldono free of illicit plantations.
On the other hand, the Colombian Institute of Family Wellbeing, ICBF, is committed to assist the Daughters of the Murdered Indigenous Governor, Sandra Liliana Peña.
In development of this Security Council, the minister of Defense referred to the murder of the indigenous governor, Sandra Liliana Peña in the road of the municipality of Pescador that leads to the municipality of Siberia (Caldono), where she, while leaving her property, was approached by two individuals, who proceeded to attack her with a fire arm.
"The national government vehemently rejects these violent acts, stands in solidarity with the families of the victims and sends its condolences to the entire Indigenous community of Caldono and the Department of Cauca," said the head of the Ministry of Defense.
The head of the Ministry of Defense was accompanied by the High Commissioner for peace, Miguel Ceballos, the Deputy Minister of Defense for Strategy and planning, the deputy minister for the participation and Law of the ministry of Interior, the sectional director of prosecutors, the military and police commanders, as well as the regional authorities of the Department.
Currently, in this area, the work of members of the residual organized armed group, GAO-r, structure 6, mobile column Dagorberto Ramos, under the command of alias David or cholinga, who would be dynamizing control activities over the territory, has been identified. Which is why, Minister Diego Molano said: “Our Military Forces have been carrying out decisive activities in the region to neutralize criminal operation.”
For the above and in order to establish commitments with the region, the head of ministry said that "the Ministry of Defense, recognizing the institution of the Indigenous Guard as a mechanism of organization and social control, will in the same way have all the resources of the military forces and the National Police to redouble efforts and mitigate insecurity in the area". He in the same way said he "will work on meetings in conjunction with the Ministry of the Interior and the High Commissioner for Peace conducted by the Military Forces, the indigenous authorities, the Council of Regional Indígena del Cauca and the Association of Indigenous Councils of Northern to define operations and mechanisms to take of care of the communities."
On the other hand, and in relation to the murder of the Indigenous Governor, Sandra Liliana Peña, the head of the ministry reaffirmed the joint work of the National Police with the Technical Investigation Corps of the Attorney General's Office and the Indigenous Guard, which will establish lines of investigation in order to clear the facts and arrest those responsible. Similarly, the minister of Defense pointed out that "a reward of 200 million pesos is provided to those who provide information that leads to the clarification of the facts and / or arrested those responsible."
It is important to note that the Military Forces in function to ensure the safety of the inhabitants of the region, managed to reduce the crimes in the urban zones, in turn, the Army National development Strategy of the Plan Cauca 30 has achieved more than 133 arrests of members of Organized Armed Groups -GAO-r-, GAO ELN, organized crime and drug trafficking groups. In addition, to continue the plan Trueno, 88 members of criminal groups have been arrested in the Department and within Operation Atlanta, it was possible to arrest alias Indio Amansador of the Dagoberto Ramos column, as well as top-level ringleaders of the Jaime Martínez structure, more than 3,819 arrests and the finding of five tons of cocaine, 61 tons of marijuana and 587 vehicles.
Finally, Minister Diego Molano said that the police and the National Army will appoint a liaison officer to the institutions and communities, who will have the function of supporting operations to prevent, promote and defend the human rights of ethnic communities.
Source: Defence Sector Communications Office-Ministry of National Defence
