At least three dead leaves, so far, one shooting featured in the neighborhood Saint Vincent of Quibdocapital of the department of Chocó.
Preliminary information from local media indicated that armed men They came shooting at a group of people who were chatting in a sector of the neighborhood.
“Two police patrols arrived at the scene in which they transported the wounded to a hospital center,” indicated the media outlet Publimóvil Chocó.
Luis Guillermo Murillo, former Minister of the Environment and Sergio Fajardo’s vice-presidential formula, denounced the act of public order that frightens the inhabitants of the capital of Chocó.
“Unfortunately, a new massacre is reported in Quibdó in the San Vicente neighborhood where 3 people lost their lives, including a minor. The security situation is overwhelmed in the Pacific before the null look of the National Government. This cannot be allowed,” the candidate wrote on his Twitter account.
The former Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Mabel Torres, also reacted to the violent event and pointed out that with the three deaths tonight, Quibdó reached 68 homicides so far in 2022.
“Quibdó reaches murder number 68. A few minutes ago in the middle of a shootout three dead and among them a 4-year-old girl (…) There is no way not to feel pain and deep sadness,” the former minister said on Twitter.
Residents of Quibdó had denounced a few days ago the circulation of pamphlets intimidating the population for alleged retaliation against those who held meetings with illegal groups known as the “Mexicans” and the “Zetas.”