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Colombian Military Bombing of Indigenous Territory Forces Flight

There is not enough shelter to house all of the displaced families.

There is not enough shelter to house all of the displaced families. | Photo: Contagio Radio
teleSUR – May 13, 2016

A national bombing campaign in the territories of the Indigenous Embera Wounaan ethnic group has forced them to flee their homes and take shelter elsewhere.

More than 400 Indigenous people from the ethnic group Embera Wounaan have been forced to leave their homes and stay in shelters in protection against military bombings of the camps of the National Liberation Army (ELN), Prensa Latina report.

Faced with threats to their security, the 94 families who have been forced to seek protection away from their land in the coastal area of Medio San Juan, Choco, say there are not enough shelters to house everyone.

The bombings began on April 10. According to Dura Bernardino, the leader of the Indigenous community, the bombings sent the community into a panic and that is why they decided to go to the municipal administrative center to save their lives.

The vulnerable community is calling on the government to stop the bombings and provide them with guarantees to return to their land.

May 14, 2016 - Posted by | Ethnic Cleansing, Racism, Zionism, Militarism | ,

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