The figure delivered so far this year in compensation in this department is close to $23.700 million pesos.

Coming from most of the 47 municipalities of the department, 124 people came to Ibagué, to demand the payment of economic reparation or compensation granted by the State for the events suffered in the framework of the internal armed conflict.

Carlos Sánchez, displaced from the South of Tolima and also a victim of an injury that left him with a disability, was one of the beneficiaries and expressed his gratitude to the Unit for Victims, since, in addition, a year ago he received a productive project that now will strengthen with these resources: “At this moment I live happily, thank God because they have given me the opportunity to get ahead. In addition, I am doing some training that has allowed me to participate in fairs and continue offering the products of my restaurant that, although I had to close due to the pandemic, now I work at home”.

On the other hand, and accompanied by one of her granddaughters, from the municipality of Prado, Montoso village, Blanca Oliva Torres arrived, to whom the financial reparation surprised on her birthday. "This help comes to me at a time when I really needed it in order to invest it in my health. Very grateful to God first and to the Government that has given me this on this day", she said.

The total payment this time was $ 796 million pesos, a figure that is added to the $ 22,755 million pesos with which more than 3.000 men and women who have experienced the effects of the conflict in this region of the country have been repaired so far. run of the year 2020. 

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