Consternation continues over the murder of the seven agents of the National Police on the sidewalk of Corozalcorrection of saint Louisjurisdiction of the municipality of Neiva huila, last Friday, September 2. The last pronouncement came from the president Gustavo Petrowhich indicated last Saturday that there is a high probability that the perpetrators were the FARC dissidents.
“It is highly probable that members who are called dissidents today, in some of the formations, have been responsible for the attack,” said the head of state from the Benito Salas airport in the city of Neiva, where he traveled to set up a Unified Command Post to deal with the public order situation.
“It is this type of dissidence, they are the ones that have to answer for these facts. It talks regarding the Dagoberto Ramosinstalled more in Cauca, or Ismael Ruiz, which is the name given to a Farc organization, also close to this territory”. And then he continued: “It is 90% probable, the investigation has to continue, now in the hands of the Prosecutor’s Office. I recommend that the Police strengthen ties with the community. The ties with the community are a shield and you have to understand that well. It is the alliance with the community that protects, it is not part of military techniques, it does not depend much on guns, to get out of these episodes. It is to establish a love between the police institution and the citizenry. That’s the first level of defense.”
In the last few hours, the magazine Semana claimed to have spoken with a witness identified as Raul Lopez, who told how the events were. “The explosion shook the house, the detonation was felt, it lasted regarding 10 minutes, then many rifle bursts followed, yesterday I did not move at all. The moment I got to the house I saw the police van go by and then there were the detonations. This had never happened so serious, it’s hard, “said the man.
Then he added: “You think a lot of things because you don’t know anything, I stayed put, there was no way to do anything, I didn’t move from the house, the main thing is fear, one of these things is scary, it’s hard.”
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It should be remembered that as a result of these events, President Petro decided to withdraw all the police from the danger zones where his life is at risk. “There cannot be police auxiliaries in conflict zones, due to their level of experience, which is low. They are young and you have to take care of youth. I have asked the director of general Sanabria to remove the young people from those areas,” said the president.
In addition to this, he said that the terrible state of the road facilitated the attack once morest the soldiers, emphasizing that the responsibility for the event is still under investigation.
The officers who died following the fateful events were Mayor Wilson Jair Cuéllar Losada, Mayor Luis Alberto Sabi Gutiérrez, Subintendent Duverney Carreño Rodríguez, Patrolman Jhon Fredy Bautista Vargas, Police Auxiliary Santiago Gómez Endes, Police Auxiliary Arles Mauricio Pascuas Figueroa, Police Auxiliary Cristian Ricardo Bourbon cubes. Although at first it had been confirmed that there were eight victims, hours following the attack it was learned that the auxiliary Gustavo Esquivel Rojas survived the massacre.
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