It is estimated that about 1,200 indigenous people returned to their communities in the Colombian North Pacific with the accompaniment of the Navy Battalion No.23, of to the Pacific Naval Force.
During 13 days about 1,200 indigenous people of the communities of Buenavista, Caimito, El Cedral, Humanacarra, La Loma and La Victoria, returned to their communities with the accompaniment of Colombian Navy troops.
In compliance with the commitments assumed in the transitional justice committee that took place on October 4 and after the operations that the Chocó Governorate, the Municipal Mayor's Office, the Municipal Personnel, representatives of the Indigenous Cabildos and members of the Army National, the Colombian Navy, the Colombian Air Force and the National Police, have conducted to counter the situation of displacement of the natives, about 1,200 members of the communities in the north of the municipality of Juradó, in the department of Chocó, have decided to return To their communities.
The increase of coordinated operations sustained in the area, the call for security councils, the unarmed effort through forced displacement prevention work, the taking of measures by the different State agencies and authorities, and the restoration of The rights of indigenous communities led to improve security conditions in the area, an area that was being hit by the actions of the Organized Armed Groups, who try to have control of drug trafficking mobility routes on the border with Panama whose only objective is to strengthen their sources of illicit financing.
The permanent and determined presence of the troops of the Navy Battalion No.23, attached to the Navy Infantry Brigade No.2, who have maintained a fluid communication with the inhabitants of the region, has led to safeguarding the good living conditions of the communities and their assets.
Source: Pacific Naval Force
