Cauca wants state of emergency to rebuild towns destoyed by FARC

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Monday, 18 July 2011 07:06 Adriaan Alsema


The governor of the southwestern Cauca department has asked the Colombian government to declare a state of emergency in the north of the department to release funds to rebuild towns that were nearly wiped off the face of the planet by recent attacks by guerrilla group FARC.

Governor Alberto Gonzalez told several media Sunday that he needs serious help from Bogota to be able to rebuild the towns of Corinto and Toribio, who came under attack by the FARC two weeks ago.

A state of emergency "is an instrument that allows us to channel resources and actions to repair more than 390 buildings among which the police station, the house of justice and the mayor's office, as well ass houses that were destroyed by the subversive's actions," Caracol Radio quoted the governor as saying.

The recent attacks on the towns killed seven, injured more than a hundred and nearly destroyed the towns.