Mourning in families of victims of enforced disappearance in the department of Caquetá

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to cover the mourning of the families of the victims of enforced disappearance in El Caquetá. It was carried out through a qualitative research approach through the historical-hermeneutic design, in which the semistructured interview was used as a method of information collection. As a result it became clear that the development of mourning extends over time due to the maintenance of hope linked to the return of your loved one alive, the symbolic importance of the body for performing funeral rites and the need to know the truth about the events of disappearance. By way of conclusion, it is evident that telling the stories constitutes a healing element and allows to know the particularities in front of the elaboration of the mourning.