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Block B · Struggle 1 · Annulment and ancestrality

Annulment, colonisation and false doubts about our ancestrality

The defence of the Nukanchipa Alpa Amukunapa Wasi Reserve against those who deny that the mountain is ours.

What we defend

The Reserve constituted on 28 January 2020 over 30.803 hectares of the mountain of the masters, confirmed on 15 July 2020. According to the agreement that confirmed it, its area does not coincide with the lands claimed by the appellants and it has no third-party registry history.

The annulment action is part of a long history of occupation of the territory, which began with the colonisation of 1940 and continued with the extractive booms, the coca of the 1980s and the armed conflict. We maintain that ancestral possession is not measured by the civil rules of time, but by the history, the paths and the sacred sites of the People.

The proceeding is on appeal before the Council of State; the Reserve remains in force. On 9 July 2026 the Court terminated the proceeding because the claim did not meet a prior requirement. It is not a decision on the merits: the claimants appealed and the Council of State will decide.

How it has unfolded

  1. Jan. 28, 2020Constitution of the Resguardo (ANT Agreement 113).
  2. Jul. 15, 2020The ANT confirms the constitution (Agreement 126).
  3. Jan. 27, 2021The annulment lawsuit is filed before the Council of State.
  4. Jun. 26, 2023The Council of State declares it lacks jurisdiction and sends the case to the Administrative Court of Nariño.
  5. Jul. 31, 2023The case is assigned at the Administrative Court of Nariño.
  6. May 24, 2024The Nariño Sectional Judicial Council reassigns the case to the new Administrative Court of Putumayo.
  7. Jul. 3, 2024The Administrative Court of Putumayo takes up the case.
  8. Sep. 25, 2025The Court rejects the lawsuit for failing to exhaust conciliation.
  9. Oct. 24-25, 2025Territorial Minga of Thought in the San Miguel de la Castellana Resguardo: the authorities of the Inga People adopt Mandate 01 and decide, on two shared issues, carbon credits (REDD+) and the annulment, to defend the Resguardo and the Ancestral Territory.
  10. 5 Feb. 2026The Administrative Court of Putumayo admits the claim.
  11. Feb. 17, 2026The Resguardo opposes the request for provisional suspension.
  12. Feb. 24, 2026ACIMVIP opposes, in a separate filing, the request for provisional suspension and submits a supplement with annexes.
  13. Mar. 17, 2026Minga of thought at the OPIAC headquarters (Bogotá): in-person meeting with allies.
    Minga with allies at the OPIAC headquarters, Bogotá, March 17, 2026
    Minga with allies at the OPIAC headquarters, Bogotá, March 17, 2026
  14. Mar. 18, 2026In-person meeting with the Ministry of Agriculture and the ANT at the OPIAC headquarters, during the same minga, to present the defense of the Ancestral Territory and the Resguardo.
  15. Mar. 24, 2026Virtual meeting with Dejusticia on the defense of the Resguardo.
  16. 7 Apr. 2026ACIMVIP and the Resguardo jointly answer the lawsuit.
  17. 14 May 2026The Court denies the provisional suspension.
  18. 9 Jul. 2026The Court ends the first instance for lack of conciliation; it is not a ruling on the merits.
  19. 15 Jul. 2026The claimants appeal.
  20. 28 Aug. 2026The appeal before the Council of State is granted.
  21. Sep. 28, 2026The First Section of the Council of State declares it lacks jurisdiction and sends the case to the Third Section, where the appeal is today, awaiting assignment to a chamber.

Who is suing

30claimants
  • 1 association: the Asociación Ambiental El Salado de los Loros
  • 16 community action boards
  • The Piedra Sagrada Reserve, of the Pastos People
  • The Cabildo Pada Kera, of the Emberá People
  • 11 natural persons, who are not named

According to the claim and the order admitting it.

The claim is led by the Asociación Ambiental El Salado de los Loros, which has opposed the constitution of the Reserve since 2015, as recorded in Agreement 126 of 2020.

Who stands with us

Ombudsman's OfficeOffice of the Inspector General accompanied the constitution of the Reserve

Documents

Agreement 113 of 28 January 2020 (PDF) · Agreement 126 of 15 July 2020 (PDF) · The Nukanchipa Alpa Amukunapa Wasi Reserve

If you are an ally

The action for annulment and restoration of rights against Agreements 113 and 126 of 2020 of the National Land Agency, which constitute the Inga Indigenous Reserve of Nukanchipa Alpa Amukunapa Wasi, ended on 9 July 2026: the Administrative Court of Putumayo declared the proceeding terminated, and the decision is on appeal. We invite allied organisations to submit an amicus curiae so that the Council of State confirms that termination.

Chamber: Third Section of the Council of State, chamber to be assigned (the case file was sent on 28 September 2026) · Case number: 52001-23-33-000-2023-00221-01.

How to submit it: write to us at coordinacionddhhacimvip@gmail.com (ACIMVIP Human Rights Coordination) to receive the public case file, and cite the case number of the proceeding in your submission.

Those who stand with us and those we hold to account

StruggleStand with usWe hold to account / in relation to
B1Annulment and ancestralityOmbudsman's OfficeOffice of the Inspector Generalaccompanied the constitutionAsociación Ambiental El Salado de los Lorosleads the annulment action

ally stands with us body accompanying entity we hold to account company or entity to which we address a demand backed by public evidence. Tap each one to see what we demand, since when, and the evidence.

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