Photo by CREDHOS.
The Regional Corporation for the Defence of Human Rights (CREDHOS) has posted on social media:
“We participated in the Verification Commission for the communities of Puerto Matilde and Tamar Bajo, in the Cimitarra River Valley, convened by the Magdalena Medio Humanitarian Roundtable, with the purpose of verifying the humanitarian situation of the communities of Puerto Matilde and Tamar Bajo, Jurisdiction of Remedios, Antioquia, in light of the recent armed confrontations between armed actors.
Various social organizations that are part of the Humanitarian Roundtable also participated in this commission, as well as international support organizations, multilateral agencies, and state institutions.
It is important to remember that the community of Puerto Matilde had already been displaced in mid-2025, when a large part of its inhabitants were forced to leave the territory, and at the beginning of this year there were new displacements.
The communities complain that the State has not provided sufficient guarantees for their permanence and that, on the contrary, some actions by the security forces are putting the civilian population at risk.
Families have had to abandon their homes due to the lack of guarantees for their continued presence in the territory, while armed groups, particularly the Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia, continue to have a strong presence in the village.
The inhabitants of the territory express their concern: ‘No matter how hard we have tried to remain in the territory, guarantees have not been given.’”
Peace Brigades International has accompanied CREDHOS since 1994.
Photo by IAP.
