6 people, including a pregnant woman, were to be killed in killing two people took place in the Colombian departments of Cauca (southwest) and Atlántico (north), the NGO Institute for Development of Peace Studies (Indepaz) reported on Tuesday.
The first incident occurred in Suárez when local farmers reported the killing of three people near the small village of El Amparo, fifteen minutes from the town center. This happened when the victims stayed in the car and were attacked with guns by men who apparently rode a motorcycle. “The victims were members of the same family, two men and one woman, who were pregnant.“, Indepaz said in his X account. The dead were identified as Ronaldo Valencia Tróchez, Naive Valencia Tróchez and Juan Sánchez Tróchez.
The second killing occurred in Soledad (Atlántico) where, according to Indepaz, he shot three people who worked on the maintenance on the main road in the area. “These men work to repair roads in the area and without saying anything they were shot,” Indepaz said on social media.
According to NGO statistics, 59 people have been killed in Colombia this year, and 206 people have died.