In the morning hours of this Sunday, a a non-commissioned officer of the National Army and two ELN guerrillas were killed in the middle of a military operation of the Eighth Division of the Army against the Front “Domingo Laín” of that guerrilla.
According to official reports, this operation was deployed in the jurisdiction of the municipality of Tame, in the department of Araucaand it was learned that two other soldiers and a civilian had were injured in the middle of the crossfire, and are under medical observation.
Inhabitants of the area have shared videos of the clashes between the military and guerrillas in social networks.
According to the first information, the Army troops approachedin the area where they apparently were ELN members committing crimes against peasant communities, according to the reports delivered by the Army, the Police and the Prosecutor’s Office.
In the middle of this operation, deployed in theIn the last few hours, there was an intense exchange shooting in which second sergeant Frankling Montaña Pacagui, who was part of the group of uniformed officers who confronted the presumed members of the ELN.
“We reject the murder of our sergeant franklin mountain of the armyhusband and father of two children, who gave his life while protecting the population in rural area of Tame, Arauca, against criminal actions of the ELN Organized Armed Group”, indicated the Military Forces.
In addition to the uniformed man, two presumed guerrillas from ELN died in the middle of this confrontation, but still No report on their identities has been released. Meanwhile, two soldiers were injured and are under medical observation, so far, no complications.