Portrait of 699 embera displaced and confined by landmines in Puesto Indio, after the combats between the guerrilla group ELN and the paramilitaries Gaitanistas in Chocó, 2104. To the date they remain displaced.
The Embera live in the middle of the Colombian armed conflict. Bullets from the combats in Puesto Indio between the neo-paramilitary group Gaitanistas and the guerrilla group ELN, who fight to control the drug path in the Pacific Coast.
Embera Chami girl ready to take shower in the polluted creek that crosses the Patio Bonito landfill. Her sister's hair is discolored from malnourishment. The landfill is making them sick and the Colombian government has not respond to Embera people plight's.
Portrait of 699 embera displaced and confined by landmines in Puesto Indio, after the combats between the guerrilla group ELN and the paramilitaries Gaitanistas in Chocó, 2104. To the date they remain displaced.
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