2014 / Editorial / Photo Essay

Buenaventura, escape from violence

  • Photographer
    Alberto Maretti

Buenaventura is a port city on the colombian Pacific coast. In 2013 thirteen thousand people were forced to leave homes and Their move from one neighborhood to another Because of the ongoing conflict between different Organizations neo-paramilitary, Mainly the groups "Urabenos" and "Empresa" Which is way for control of the port areas and extortion, These groups are the Protagonists of the brutal acts of violence against any person That Opposes Their interests. In March, 2014, the Government Has militarized the city, but the continuing violence and as a result the numbers of internal refugees and displaced people in the city.