Ambulance interceptions and murders of medical personnel: the violence that besieges health teams

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Ambulance interceptions and murders of medical personnel: the violence that besieges health teams

Attacks on medical personnel are one of the biggest violations of International Humanitarian Law in Colombia, as shown by recent figures and cases. On April 16, armed men stopped an ambulance that was traveling, along with other vehicles, on the road that connects the rural population of La Unión Peneya with the municipality of La Montañita, in the department of Caquetá. The subversives forced the occupants to descend and attached pamphlets refe…