
Guardia Indigéna de Cauca
The Indigenous Guard of Cauca, member of the ACIN organisation, is a community protection network made up of women, men and children who defend their territories without weapons. It originated in Colombia’s violent south-western Cauca region, and in 2001 it began to operate as an organized collective. Most Indigenous Guards from Cauca are from the Nasa Indigenous group — the biggest, most organized of the groups — who have trained other communities throughout Colombia over the years to defend their own territories. Their main purpose is to protect their ancestral lands from armed groups, who want to take control of it.