Sonson

Local Zones of Peace: General Survey and Map.
 
                                            Sonson
                                                                                                                                              
Official Title: Constituent Municipal Assembly of Sonson.
Departamento: Antioquia.
Region:
Population: c46,000
Location: c100 km east of Medellin.
Ethnic mix: Mestizo
IDP population: c 3500 [2004]
Date of establishment: June 2001
Traditional political affiliation: Conservative control of Mayor’s office.
Trigger event[s]: Kidnapping by ELN and subsequent release of popularly elected Mayor in May 2001.
 
Persons/organisations involved in establishment:
Leadership: Mayor William Ospina N [1995-7 & 2001-3]; women’s group [MAIS].
 
Supporters: ConCiudadania; REDEPAZ; Provincial Council of Peace of E.Antioquia.
 
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Relations with local government bodies:
 Mayor’s office: Fully involved in foundation.
 
Governor’s office:
 
Memberships of regional organisations: Key participant in Provincial Council of Antioquia Oriente.
 
Organisational structure:
 Community meetings: General Assembly meets twice a year.
 Decision making bodies: 5 Working Tables – Law & Public Order, Peace, Community Participation; Children, Socio-Economic Crisis.
 Functional committees: Advisory, Public Relations, Hamlets, Humanitarian.
 
Valued goods produced in region: Coca and poppy; water; power generation.
 
Local armed actors in the region:
 Armed forces:   
  Paramilitaries: Presence since 2000.  
  Guerrillas: Frente Carlos Alirio [ELN] and 2 FARC Frentes in region since 1980s.                                             
                     
Arrangements with L.A.A.s: No formal agreements. Humanitarian Committee conducts ad hoc dialogues with LAAs to deal with specific problems as these arise.
 
 
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