The armed conflict between the National Liberation Army (ELN) and dissidents of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Colombia (FARC) in the Catatumbo Region, northern Santander, continues 23 days after the wave of violence that unleashed a humanitarian crisis In good part of the border area with Venezuela.
The Unified Command Post (PMU), which daily delivers a report of the situation in that area of the department, realizes that the homicide, displaced and confined figures are exacerbated, time reviewed.
The most recent report gives accounts of the number of murders has risen to 56, concentrated in two municipalities: Theorama with 21 cases and 27 in Tibú, followed by El Tarra with six and one case in San Calixto and do respectively.
The number of displaced also registered an increase, from 53 thousand 416 last Monday to 54 thousand 38 this Friday. Cúcuta remains the epicenter of humanitarian care; He received 24,976 displaced, followed by Tibú with 13,373 and Ocaña with 10,228.
The report also shows that to date 681 people were evacuated from the region on 57 flights, most people left Tibu (385), El Tarra (249), and Convention (40).
The situation of the peace signatories continues to worry the authorities, because to date eight ex -combatants are still missing: four in theorama, one in convinced and tibú and two in the Tarra.
In Tibú, the heart of the Catatumbo, little by little they have resumed calm in the middle of a strong tension for the confrontations that are still giving in the rural area of the municipality.
That municipality has, according to the Ombudsman, about five thousand displaced. In the streets of that municipality there are displaced and more than 500 uniformed army and the National Police make a presence.
Regarding people in shelters, there are records of five thousand 361 of which 1,709 are in Cúcuta, 1,382 in El Tarra, 940 in San Calixto, 652 in Ocaña, 414 in Ábrego, 238 in Tibu, 16 in convention and convention and 10 in El Carmen.
The voluntary delivery of 119 members of armed groups is also reported, 97 submissions of the Front 33 of the dissidents, two demobilized by the ELN and the recovery of 20 minors.
Faced with the deployment of the Public Force, the military forces is made in the Catatumbo nine thousand 487 uniformed, of which 496 are soldiers of special forces and land operations.
At the same time, 496 police officers are present, of which 22 are from the life group for homicide investigations.
With information from Colombian media
