On the rural road with a slab track that leads from San Diego, In the Media Luna district, in Cesar, armed men who came out of the woods stopped a truck delivering drinks from the company Bavaria, and identified themselves as ‘the guerrilla’.
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The unknown individuals then made the workers get out of the vehicle and proceeded to set it on fire. They also threatened these people, telling them that it was ‘preferable’ that they did not continue entering the population of Media Lunaor else they could attack them.
This situation, which occurred at noon on Thursday, immediately caused fear and anxiety among the inhabitants of the area, who are mostly farmers dedicated to subsistence crops.
In this regard, the mayor of San Diego, Unaldo Rochastated that the events are rejected in every way and requested the national and departmental governments and the public forces to continue providing security guarantees.
“San Diego is a peaceful municipality with peaceful people. I ask the violent people to stop it. We suffered a lot in the past, and that is why we reject the events. I ask the departmental government, and I have already spoken with the governor, who has been aware of the events, and the secretary of government, to continue supporting us in facing this. We have to fight this with peace. But we are not cowards either.“, said the local leader.
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Likewise, the president indicated that until the investigations provide clarity, the events cannot be attributed to any specific illegal group.
From the public force it was learned that there are units from both the Army and the National Police, deployed in the area carrying out the relevant investigations.
