The inhabitants of this district, one of the largest in the Turbo District (Antioquia) with 20 sidewalks that integrate it, expect to distribute and remove their export-type products from the sidewalks, thanks to the vehicle delivered by the Unit.

The subject of collective reparation of Nueva Colonia, in Turbo (Antioquia), received a truck as a measure of restitution of the Comprehensive Repair Plan, with which they hope to strengthen their economy and facilitate the exit of their crops.

This township was affected in its economy and organizational forms, and suffered the massacre of Los Coquitos in 1988, among other victimizing events that fractured the life project of dozens of families that are currently advancing in the process of collective reparation.

“The community of Nueva Colonia expects to use the vehicle to transport all the products we export, Banana is currently being exported, to the piers there and we are waiting for the construction of the Port to start in the district and that also guarantees that the truck I can continue transporting the products”, said Dora Cano of the impulse committee.

The vehicle was delivered by the Victims Unit through the Banana Association of San Jorge Community, ready for operation, worth $ 182,266,624.

“By implementing this measure, it contributes to the reconstruction of the project of collective life, strengthening community spaces and traditional practices of the township, which is restored after suffering effects from the armed conflict that truncated the different productive forms that this community had; you will be the seers and in charge of making the most of this vehicle, ”said Elizabeth Granada Ríos, director of the Unit for Urabá-Darién Victims.

The delivery was carried out at 29 de Mayo School of Nueva Colonia district, with the presence of community members.

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