Colombian President Alvaro Uribe called on Medellin authorities to work
together to battle growing crime in Colombia’s second largest city.
Uribe Sunday met with members of the security forces
to talk about the recent wave of assassinations and the security situation in
Medellín.
The President ordered the authorities of the department Antioquia to combat the criminal groups without appeasement. “We have to bring security back for all people of Colombia’s second largest city”, said he.
Uribe pointed out that to confront the evolving gangs, the army, police, DAS (Colombia’s intelligence agency), civil authorities and the community have to work together.
“We will have to offer rewards for every assassination to capture the murderers,” Uribe stated as one of the measurements.
Medellín has been seeing a rise in violence and assassinations the last couple of month.