After visiting Pueblo Bello, Valledupar, the general director of the Victims Unit ended his journey in the territory in the municipalities of San Juan del Cesar, Fonseca and Riohacha, in La Guajira.

The director general of the Victims Unit, Ramón Rodríguez Andrade, said no to fraud or corruption that victims of armed conflict may be subjected to, who are compensated by the State in recognition of the damage caused by the armed conflict in colombia.

In the midst of a staging organized by officials and collaborators of Cesar-La Guajira Territorial Directorate, in an act of compensation delivery in Riohacha, Rodríguez Andrade raised awareness of the 40 people who received their compensation letters, who in the Unit there is no room for processors and all services are free.

“It is an effort that is made to be able to comply with the payment of their compensation. All the procedures are free and any situation that you know regarding fraudulent proposals should be reported”, emphasized Rodríguez.

In the last hours in the capital of La Guajira, the Unit delivered its letters of compensation to 40 people from the municipalities of Albania, Maicao, Hatonuevo, Dibulla, San Juan del Cesar, Villanueva and Riohacha, for an amount greater than 980 million of pesos. The day was developed with the accompaniment of the mayor of Riohacha, José Ramiro Bermúdez Cotes and the governor of La Guajira, Nemesio Rois, who promised to work in a more articulated way to strengthen the institutional framework in favor of victims of that region of the country.

Within the journey that director Ramón Rodríguez developed to the department of La Guajira, the delivery of a special scheme of accompaniment to returnees for business initiatives for victims in San Juan del Cesar is also noteworthy; while, in the Conejo village in Fonseca jurisdiction, the Unit delivered a special community support scheme with agricultural inputs worth $ 50 million for 34 corn-growing families in the region.

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