Premature FARC demobilization in north Colombia causing power vacuum: Governor
Premature FARC demobilization in north Colombia causing power vacuum: Governor
written by Adriaan Alsema July 27, 2016
The unexpected and premature demobilization of FARC guerrillas in northwest Colombia has surprised local authorities who are still preparing to assume control in the area and prevent a power vacuum, according to the local governor.
According to Antioquia governor Luis Perez, members of the FARC’s 18th Front have left their stronghold in the township of La Granja and are moving towards Santa Lucia, the township where the United Nations is setting up a concentration camp where guerrillas will demobilize and disarm.
Both townships lie in the Ituango municipality, which is of major strategic importance for drug trafficking and has been flagged as a post-demobilization risk area by independent observers.
Perez told press that the guerrillas have abandoned La Granja, leaving the township without any authority, with major public order issues and at risk of an incursion by other drug trafficking illegal armed groups like the neo-paramilitary Gaitanista Self-Defense Forces of Colombia.
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