The night of June 5, armed men broke in in the Fatima Clinic of Pasto and facilitated the escape of Luis Alberto Villota Rodríguez, alias Titonoted as second leader of the Southern Communardsa group that participates in the peace process with the Government, and who had been appointed as peace manager by President Gustavo Petro.
According to Inpec, the armed men stripped of their weapons a security guard and a member of the Custody and Surveillance Corps, although no injuries were recorded. Alias Titowho remained held in Pasto prison for the crimes of rebellion, simple kidnapping and homicide of a protected person, escaped in a matter of minutes.
Luis Alberto Villota, alias Tito Photo:Private file
He insurgent leaderwho had a place in the ‘total peace’, had manifested for several days severe abdominal pain and requested medical attention. A non-commissioned officer authorized his transfer to the clinic overnight, accompanied only by a guardian of Inpec and a driver, a circumstance that today is research object.
Witnesses reported that a man entered the emergency room, disarmed the guard and reduced the guardian custodian. Subsequently, alias Tito left the place along with his accomplices, who They fled on at least three motorcycles high displacement.
The SIJIN investigates a non-commissioned officer and three Inpec guards to establish possible responsibilities in the facts. The authorities are also investigating why the Police were informed of the escape nearly 30 minutes later of occurrence.
For his part, Carlos Erazohead of the government delegation, announced the revocation of the peace agency of alias Tito and warned that it will evaluate other similar authorizations. Besides, demanded that the Communeros of the South fulfill their commitments acquired at the dialogue table. “This action puts all progress at risk that have been had throughout these 19 months in which it has been reached 12 partial agreements“, said.
This action puts at risk all the progress that has been made throughout these 19 months in which 12 partial agreements have been reached.
Carlos ErazoHead of the Government delegation.
Communiqué from the Government delegation in the dialogues with ‘Comuneros del Sur’. Photo:Private file
According to the delegation, in that period they reached twelve partial agreements related to substitution of illicit crops, humanitarian demining, search for missing persons, prevention of recruitment of minorsproductive projects, education, road infrastructure and cultural strengthening in the territories.
“We urge the communities of the ten municipalities prioritized by the Roundtable to insist on peace in the face of this condemnable, painful event for the entire Colombian society; peace in Nariño has achieved great advances in territorial transformation and community roots. To the departmental and local authorities, we offer all our willingness to accompany. We demand that the Comuneros del Sur group honor the commitments that have been established for the good of the community.“, indicated Trejos.
For Luis Fernando Trejos, professor at the Universidad del Norte, this fact is disconcerting and calls into question the will for peace of Comuneros del Sur because this act was planned in the middle of the negotiation.
“This could be a sign that, given the uncertainty of the result of the second presidential roundare thinking about preparing for an eventual resumption of armed conflict with the Government since, as has been public, the candidate Abelardo de la Espriella has stated that he would not continue any peace negotiations that are currently underway,” Trejos indicated.
On the other hand, Laura Bonilla, deputy director of the Peace and Reconciliation Foundation, indicated that this means that the group is already giving up the possibility of progress.
“We are at a time when everyone is preparing for another cycle of war in a new government. There is no trust on the table today. Perhaps the only one that will have a future is the ZUT with the ‘Gulf clan.’ “This also happens due to not having enough information in the negotiations and many internal errors, including making decisions so close to elections.”he explained.
The leak of alias Tito shakes a process that was moving towards a new stage. The delegations worked for the entry of the Southern Community Members to the Temporary Location Zone of Mallamawhile his top boss, Gabriel Yepes Mejía, alias HH, his arrest warrant is suspended by the Government.
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