In yet another devastating incident, Antioquia, Colombia, witnessed its 90th massacre of the year 2023. The latest episode unfolded in the municipality of Santa Fe de Antioquia, marking the second reported massacre in the department on a single Sunday.
to Indepaz, the grim event occurred in the Moraditas hamlet during the afternoon hours on Sunday, where three individuals, including two men and one woman, fell victim to a violent end. The municipality of Santa Fe de Antioquia, bordering Caicedo, became the backdrop for this tragic event.Antioquia Police confirmed that this incident constitutes the second massacre within the municipality.
on the same day, at approximately 3:00 p.m., the Laureles district, specifically the Y section in the rural expanse of Santa Fe de Antioquia’s Occidente subregion, bore witness to the discovery of three lifeless bodies. Shockingly, two of these victims displayed signs of torture, and their bodies were found roughly one kilometer apart. The local community played a crucial role in alerting authorities to this gruesome scene.Indepaz sheds light on the broader issue, stating, “The imposition of norms and other forms of social control by armed groups poses a constant risk of violating the rights of the population. The local dictatorship imposed by an armed group is a prelude to a crime.”Despite the area falling under the jurisdiction of the Seventh Division of the National Army, the presence of the Edwin Román Velásquez Substructure of the AGC and various local criminal bands remains an active concern in the Occidente subregion.
