AI is concerned for the safety of the inhabitants of the municipalities of Simití, Bolívar department, and nearby Puerto Wilches, Santander department, as paramilitary attacks on the civilian population in the region have been stepped up. In recent attacks Adolfo Peñaloza Segovia and Rigoberto Muñoz Guzman were killed and Giovani Puello Brache, Juan de Dios Puello Brache, Luis Alberto Puello Brache, Walter Puello Brache and Cesar Puello Brache were “disappeared”.
