'The war goes on’: one tribe caught up in Colombia’s armed conflict

Part 1 of a report on the indigenous Siona people in the Putumayo region in the Amazon

Placido Yaiguaje Payaguaje, an indigenous Siona man, was standing right where his 80-something mother was blown apart by a land-mine. There was a crater about the size of a beach ball. Surrounding foliage had been shredded, and on some of the leaves and fronds you could still see the dynamite.

This was a 20 metre, steepish climb down to the banks of the River Pinuna Blanco, deep in the Colombian Amazon. Placido's mother had come here to fish in a lagoon nearby. It was a popular spot for singo, sibalo and garopa.