PBI-Colombia regrets death of Wounaan baby due to mobility restrictions in the context of the armed conflict
PBI-Colombia has posted on social media: “We deeply regret the death of little Iker Andrés of the Humanitarian Biodiverse Reservation of the Wounaan community of Santa Rosa de Guayacán, and we extend our solidarity to the family and the entire community, who, with the Inter-Church Commission for Justice and Peace, we have accompanied on several occasions. We reiterate the demand for the return to the territory with full guarantees to the right to life, integrity, survival and permanence It is urgent that progress is made in #HumanitarianAgreements that reduce the serious affectations to the communities in the midst of the conflict and territorial control of the different armed groups.”
On February 10, the Commission for Justice and Peace further explained: “Report – Urgent. Baby Wounaan dies in the Biodiverse Humanitarian Reservation of the Wounaan community of Santa Rosa de Guayacán in the lower Calima, due to restrictions on mobility and control of armed structures.“
That article continues:
“Our Commission learned of the unfortunate death of a two-month-old baby at the Reservation last Sunday, February 9 at night.
The baby YKER ANDRÉS CEBALLOS MOÑA had a viral picture of fever and intestinal infection for more than eight days that could not be treated with traditional medicine nor do they have an adequate health center to attend emergencies or permanent medical assistance.
Given the seriousness of the symptoms, the community tried to take YKER to Buenaventura to be treated at a medical center, which was impossible due to the control of river mobility by the armed groups.
Indigenous and black communities along the banks of the Calima River have been victims of increasingly aggressive territorial control by illegal armed structures, including the Gaitanista Self-Defense Forces of Colombia and the National Liberation Army, and most recently by the FARC’s Jaime Martínez column. In view of which they have declared themselves in confinement.”
Their full article can be read here.
Previous accompaniment
On December 20, 2023, PBI-Colombia had posted: “We accompany @Justiciaypazcol [Justice and Peace] in the significant return of the Wounaan Community of Santa Rosa de Guayacán to its territory after two years of forced displacement. It is important to guarantee all security and protection measures so that the community can remain in #peace.”
Video clip: “At this moment the definitive return of the Santa Rosa de Guayacán community to its territory in Bajo Calima begins.”
PBI-Colombia has accompanied Justice and Peace since 1994.
We continue to follow this situation.
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