On August 12, PBI-Colombia posted on Instagram:
“PBI Colombia accompanied @credhos_paz [the Regional Corporation for the Defence of Human Rights], a member of the Magdalena Medio Humanitarian Roundtable, to the Verification Commission in the village of Puerto Matilde in the municipality of Yondó.
The purpose of this visit was to document serious violations of international humanitarian law, the impact on the civilian population, and the demand for guarantees for safe return and permanence in the territory, following the forced displacement of the community after armed clashes between illegal groups on July 8, 2025.”
Photo by CREDHOS.
CREDHOS also posted on Instagram:
“As members of the Magdalena Medio Humanitarian Roundtable, we participated in the Verification Commission in the village of Puerto Matilde, in the municipality of Yondó, in order to document the serious human rights violations and breaches of international humanitarian law that led to the forced displacement of the community due to armed clashes between illegal groups in the village and its surrounding areas on July 8, 2025.
With the participation of social organizations, community leaders, and local and national authorities, the impact on the civilian population was reported, as well as the demand for guarantees for safe return and permanence in the territory.”
On July 10, W Radio reported: “The Peasant Association of the Cimitarra River Valley (ACVC-RAN) denounced the presence of fighting between the [paramilitary] Gulf Clan and the ELN [National Liberation Arm] in the vicinity of the village of Puerto Matilde, jurisdiction of Yondó, Antioquia, and part of the nucleus of the Peasant Reserve Zone of the Cimitarra River Valley.”
Last week, Caracol Radio noted: “The mayor’s office of Yondó, in the Middle Magdalena region of Antioquia, reported that this Wednesday [August 6] the return of the 26 families who remained displaced in the peasant house in the urban area, where they were sheltered for 27 days, was carried out. The displaced families returned to the village of Puerto Matilde, from where they had left due to fighting between illegal groups ELN and Clan del Golfo that generated anxiety among the population.”
We continue to follow this situation.
Video posted by Leidy Barroso Amaya.
