TOLIMA DEPARTMENT

On October 8, in the municipality (county) of Rioblanco, the High Mountain Infantry Battalion #17, under the command of General José Domingo Caicedo, detained brothers MANUEL HERNÁNDEZ and ANSELMO HERNÁNDEZ as they were driving in a private car. The army claims the detained youths must stay with the battalion for their obligatory military service

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On October 9, in the municipality of Prado, at approximately 12:30 p.m., members of the Root Battalio detained HERNANDO HERNÁNDEZ, EDGAR RUIZ, WILFREDO GARCÍA and DANI GONZÁLEZ, claiming the young farmers all needed to report for military service. At a point on the road to the municipality of Cajamarca known as La Cuchilla, members of the Root Battalion also detained peasant farmers JOSÉ OCAMPO and JOSÉ MIGUEL QUEVEDO for the purpose of drafting them. Hours later, the two were released on the condition that they not participate in the mobilization.
The municipality of Santa Isabel has been completely blockaded and left incommunicado. The people are unable to leave the municipality, and the bus and taxi companies have express orders not to provide service. In the municipality of Saldaña, at 3 p.m., four cars were detained by soldiers from the 6th Brigade. A similar situation exists in the nearby indigenous reservation, where young men are also currently being drafted into military service. In the municipality of Venadillo, at 4:49 p.m., military forces have blockaded the roads from the villages of La Argentina, La Esperanza and El Salto to the main city of Ibaqué.
In the road between Caparral and El Limón municipalities, members of the Caicedo Batallion detained two cars transporting several peasant farmers to the mobilization. The number of people detained and arrested now stands at approximately 200. In the municipality of Coyaima, in the indigenous reservation of Guayaquil, members of the 6th Brigade of the National Army are carrying out a food blockade of that community.
Two cars were detained at 5:00 p.m. on the road between Castilla and Coyaima by soldiers drafting young men who are participating in the mobilization. The detained were indigenous men from the reservations of San Jabonda, Ilarquito, San Diego, Cacique and Calarca. The army also retained several townspeople’s identification papers.
In the municipality of Purificación, a military roadblock has been set up and the police are threatening demonstrators talking of a supposed investigation against them. There is also a military roadblock in the municipality of Cajamarca, with the intent of blocking the farmers from leaving. The community of San Juan de la China, in the municipality of Anzuategui was intimidated by the army and told not to participate in the mobilization. This act was directed most of all at the leaders. In the village of Honduras, members of the army confiscated food and supplies for the mobilization from the townspeople.

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