The Human Rights Watch claims that more than 56,000 people have been displaced since January, and accusing the rebel fighters of execution, forced labor and recruitment of children.
Las Armed groups that deny the control of the Columbian region of CadatampoRich at the border with natural resources and Venezuela, they do Severe human rights violationsWednesday The NGO Human Rights Monitoring, HRW.
In the 12 -page document, the HRW alleges that the insurgents are executing unarmed civilians, hiring children and running forced labor departments. System He asked the Colombian government to urgently expedite research on at least 78 massacres After a fighting collapse between the rival arms divisions, it was registered in January and February.
“Our inquiries point to Common abuse Against the ordinary people, Juanita Coimbatore, the director of the HRW USA, said. According to Columbia’s Ombudsman, More than 56,000 people have been displaced from Kattattambo on January 16When the National Liberation Army launched a violent attack to strengthen its control over the LN.
HRW researchers documented how LN villages entered, He took the residents in their homes and executed the accused of supporting the rival divisionsFarc-EMC, the dissatisfaction group of former revolutionary armed forces of Colombia, FARC.
In some communities, the survivors said they had killed farmers in front of their relatives. Others denounced it Rebels Managed the forced labor departments of FARC-EMC, where Those accused of cooperating with ‘enemy’ were forced to cut sugarcane for more than 12 hours a day.
Juan Papyar, Deputy Director of HRW’s Division of the United States of America Strategic importance of the proximity of Catatamo to VenezuelaThe main corridor for drug trafficking. “It seems that LN is trying to control the border with Venezuela Drug trafficking“He said.” For this purpose, it has long been beneficial for the complicity of the Venezuelan security forces. “
The HRW report is based on interviews with 65 people, including displaced residents, humanitarian workers and judicial officials. The Human Rights Committee has asked Colombia’s Attorney General to increase the number of lawyers and investigators appointed to Kattatampo, and To provide them with security and appropriate security measures.
Break up in conversations to achieve peace in Columbia
Colombian government suspended Silence conversations Following the attacks against many people in the region, with ELN on January 20. Colombian President Gustavo Petro, former rebel, He accused LN leaders of abandoning revolutionary policies and becoming “greedy” drug traffickers.
More than 13,000 fighters were unarmed despite the decline in Columbia violence after the 2016 Peace Agreement with FARC Areas such as Kettambo have experienced the re -emergence of violenceIncluding killings, intimidating money and displacement Armed groups A small struggle to control the ancient territories of FARC. The Colombian Defense Ministry estimates that ELN maintains the power of about 6,000 militants in Columbia and Venezuela.
