Tumaco
di Sebastian Castaneda
La storia di Tumaco, piccola città colombiana che si affaccia sul pacifico, martoriata dagli scontri tra FARC, esercito regolare, ELN e narcotrafficanti
Tumaco
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La storia di Tumaco, piccola città colombiana che si affaccia sul pacifico, martoriata dagli scontri tra FARC, esercito regolare, ELN e narcotrafficanti
Tumaco, città della regione di Nariño che si affaccia sul Pacifico, è diventata suo malgrado l'epicentro della guerra che da anni si consuma nel Paese. Qui infatti confluiscono tutti i principali attori armati del conflitto colombiano: Esercito e polizia governative, paramilitari, i gruppi guerriglieri delle FARC e dell'ELN e i narcotrafficanti. Questo cocktail esplosivo tiene di fatto in scacco la città e i suoi abitanti da anni con un risultato che, numericamente parlando, è impressionante: 5,7 milioni di sfollati, più di 220.000 morti, oltre 25.000 dispersi e più di 30.000 rapimenti. Una vera e propria guerra.
Terror in Tumaco
di Adriaan Alsema
Southwest Colombia city suffers multiple rebel attacks in 1 night
The southwestern Colombian port city of Tumaco woke up from a traumatic night on Thursday morning after a number of alleged FARC attacks both inside and outside the city. According to local media reports, a total of six explosions were registered while security forces were engaged in combat in the rural part of the country’s most southwestern municipality. Bombs went of in four different parts of the city after which locals reported gunfire, presumably between security forces and FARC rebels, who have increased their attacks in the southwest of the country after suspending a unilateral ceasefire. The explosions were registered in at least three different neighborhoods. One targeted the local Navy base, another targeted a marine patrol in the southern part of the city. According to local media, alleged FARC guerrillas also threw an explosive at an ambulance carrying two injured in what the local hospital director called as a possible accident, implying the guerrillas could have mistaken the sirens of the ambulance with those of a police vehicle. The driver of the ambulance fortunately was able to avoid a crash, but one of the medics on board the ambulance was mildly injured, hospital director Lucia Castillo told Noticias Caracol. In one of the urban attacks, a bus was reportedly damaged. The area around the city has been the scene of heavy fighting between the the FARC and security forces who are trying to clear an area where the rebels on Tuesday bombed an electricity tower that has since left part of the town without electricity. The fighting has left the city virtually disconnected from the rest of the country for days.
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