In response to an alert from the Inter-Church Justice and Peace Commission, we wrote to officials in Colombia with deep concern for the safety of residents in Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca Department. Over the past month the intensification of armed conflicts has resulted in selective assassinations, forced disappearances, internal displacements and social control that imposes fear, extortion and invisible barriers. Young people are limited in their mobility to go to school because the city is fragmented by invisible barriers that prevent free movement. Illegal armed groups are occupying people’s homes and pressuring teenagers to carry weapons, carry out surveillance activities, and participate in illegal economies. Girls are being seduced and deceived for sexual exploitation. At least ten neighborhoods have recorded killings of their residents during September.
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