Bogota, Colombia.
At the minus 14 FARC dissidents they died in the convulsive Colombian department of the Cauca (southwest) in a combat against the Army in which also a military man was assassinated and 7 more were wounded, have informed this Saturday military sources.
“This military action has so far resulted in 14 deaths in the conduct of military operations, 1 brought to justice, the confiscation of a machine gun, 3 rifles, three small arms and heavy ammunition from this organized armed group.” , he detailed the Army in a statement.
The commander of this institution, General Eduardo Zapateiro, said that the combats happened in a rural zone of the group of judges (town) the Silverplated one, that comprises of the municipality of Algeria.
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The official explained on Twitter that the dissidents were from the “Carlos Patiño” dissent and denounced that “in fact people moved their bodies interfering in the urgent acts of the competent authorities “.
“The troops, seeking to protect the community, were attacked by the indiscriminate use of explosive devices, which resulted in the murder of one of our non-commissioned officers, seven wounded and / or bruised soldiers and an aircraft of the affected Air Force “, said General Zapateiro.
The Army commander noted that the assassinated military man is the third chief Diego Ricardo Gómez, of the Third Division of the institution.
Last March, more than 2,000 people left El Plateado due to clashes between illegal armed groups, according to a report by the Ombudsman’s Office.
Drug trafficking groups, FARC dissidents and the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas are present in the Cauca, fighting in various regions to engage in illicit cultivation of coca and marijuana, as well as illegal mining. , in an area that is also a key corridor for the movement of illegal goods.
In addition to these clashes, at the end of last month 43 people were injured by the explosion of a car bomb in front of the Mayor’s Office of the municipality of Corinth, in the Cauca, and the authorities accused the attack on a FARC dissent called Dagoberto Ramos Mobile Column.