Eight Ombudsman warnings did not stop an armed strike from closing Santa Marta before the militarisation
On Monday 21 September 2026, an anti-narcotics operation in the rural area of Santa Marta killed seven alleged members of an armed group, the Autodefensas Conquistadoras de la Sierra Nevada (ACSN), among them alias Cholo, presented as its second-in-command, in the same territory where a military operation in June had already been followed by blockades. … CONTINUE READING →