Army personnel are investigating the facts of the new massacre in the department of Antioquia. | Photo: Semana Magazine

Bogota, January 19 (RHC)-- The Institute for Peace Studies (Indepaz) confirmed on Tuesday a massacre in the Colombian department of Antioquia, the seventh such incident so far in 2022.

In the new massacre that occurred in an area of the municipality of Santo Domingo, three men and a woman died.  The mayor of the municipality of Santo Domingo told local media that they are investigating the massacre reported in the village of Las Beatrices on the border with the municipality of Barbosa.

The local authority indicated that army troops are in the area verifying the information and securing it so that the police can inspect the lifeless bodies.   Preliminary information notes that the victims of the massacre were fleeing from the municipality of Donmatías and that they were killed with firearms by unknown persons.

Indepaz recalled that at the end of 2021, there were 96 massacres in Colombia.