Uramita

                                                               
                                                                      Uramita

 
Official Title:
Departamento: Antioquia.
Region: Andinas - Northwestern Antioquia
Population: c8300 [2500 urban, 5800 rural ]  (2009)
Location: Close to Uraba region and the border with Choco.  c175  km from Medellin.
Ethnic mix:  Mestizo & white c98%
IDP population: .
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 Mayor’s office: [Alcalde Miguel Ignacio Restrepo 2007-2011]
 
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Valued goods produced in region: Mainly agricultural, including coffee and cotton.   
 
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Significant events:   There was a heavy paramilitay presence in the region prior to 2005 but after the AUC "demobilisation" of 2006 [including the Cantauros and the Bloque Elmer Cardenas] the FARC and various factions of neo-paras became active. Killings involving rival drug gangs [Los Urabenos and Los Restrepos] became widespread, particularly among successor groups to the "oficina de Envigado". This collapsed when its chief Don Berna [Diego Femanco Murillo] was extradited to the USA. In the first quarter of 2010 more than 500 killings were attributed to rival drug gangs.

     In July 2010 Uramita became involved in a series of drug related massacres that resulted in 7 people being killed in an ambush on the Uramit-Peque road. This followed two previous attackes, one in Medellin and one in Cisneros - a series of killings police attributed to rivalry between Los Urabenos and Los Restrepos.
 
 
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Contact details:  http://www.uramita.gov.co  

 
Last Updated:  August 2012