Court Holds the State Responsible for Failing to Prevent an Avalanche that Was Razed by Mocoa

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Court condemns the State for tragedy of Mocoa in 2017 and orders compensation to the victims Agencia Period... Thu, 03/07/2025 - 21:02 By omission in the prevention of the disaster, the State will have to repair the victims of the avalanche that left more than 700 dead in Mocoa.

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The Administrative Court of Cundinamarca has found the Colombian State responsible for the damages caused to the victims of the avalanche that devastated part of the municipality of Mocoa (Putumayo) between March 31 and April 1, 2017. The decision, issued by the First Section, Subsection A, concluded that national, departmental, and municipal entities failed to comply with their constitutional and legal obligations. The ruling, authored by Judge…

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The court stated in a statement that the State is responsible for “the damages caused to hundreds of victims of the avalanche.” The Cundinamarca Administrative Court condemned the State for the avalanche that in 2017 left 335 dead and more than 400 injured in Mocoa, capital of the jungle department of Putumayo. In a first instance decision, the court stated in a statement that the State is responsible for “the damages caused to hundreds of victi…

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The Administrative Court of Cundinamarca held the State responsible for the omissions that allowed the avalanche that raged Mocoa between March 31 and April 1, 2017, leaving more than 600 people dead and thousands of homes destroyed. The ruling, at first instance, establishes that the catastrophe was a “fully predictable event.” The Nation, through the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (Ungrd), Corpoamazonía, the Department of Putumayo …