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More than 32 000 displaced people in Colombia due to violence

Bogota, Jan 22 (Prensa Latina) The situation of insecurity in the Catatumbo region, in northeastern Colombia, has led to the exodus of some 32 thousand people from the conflict zone, according to the Ombudsman of the People, Iris Marín.

The official said that during the previous day, 15,086 of these displaced persons were registered in Cúcuta, 11,500 in Ocaña and 5,300 in Tibú, coming from localities where ELN has been fighting since last Thursday against Structure 33, a residual group of the extinct Revolutionary Armed Forces-People’s Army.

He added that confinement is being maintained in several areas, and that at least five peace signatories, the forced disappearance of several of them and the kidnapping of another group have been verified. According to Marin, the operation of lifting bodies continues, and forensic examinations have been carried out on 35 of them.

He also said that the operation of the Public Force with the support of the United Nations for the extraction of people at risk is still underway.

The official commented that during this day three humanitarian missions were carried out together with the Catholic Church, in which the former mayor of the municipality of San Cayetano was released, and the delivery of 11 other people.

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