2024-08-18 16:08:24
Sources from the National Army’s Joint Task Force Omega confirmed the detention complaint at least 32 soldiers i village of Itilla, in the municipality of Calamar, Guaviare, in the border area with the Meta department.
As far as is known, according to official information, the uniformed officers would have been prevented from entering the area by members of the public, but they managed to escape and were able to continue with their tasks to do in the area.
According to information from Joint Task Force Omega, the situation with the men in uniform emerged after a joint operation was carried out in the sector last Saturday between men from the National Police and the Prosecutor’s Office, which was not involved with the Army.
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However, as The soldiers were on patrol in the area, because of the operation carried out, members of the population blocked their way, which is why the detention complaint was activated.
The operation carried out by the Police and the Prosecutor’s Office took place in accordance with a court order and involved “disabling bridges over illegal roads located in the Serranía de Chiribiquete National Natural Park”.
From the Omega Joint Task Force they indicated that the mayors of San José del Guaviare, Calamar, department of Guaviare and La Macarena, Meta, as well as multilateral organizations helped mediate this fact that is now considered over.
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Precisely, this Saturday, the Minister of Defense Iván Velásquez met with the administrative, political and security authorities of the two departments to discuss security issues. One of the conclusions was the order he gave to the public force to reconsider the strategy against extortion in Meta and Guaviare, a strategy widely criticized by merchants and businessmen from the plains.
“We know that extortion is a phenomenon that urgently requires a very strong and very strong shock operation in these two departments. And in order to carry out this follow-up, an inter-institutional evaluation table will be put together with the Attorney General’s Office, because there are two significant components here to suppress this crime, intelligence and criminal investigation,” the Minister explained. Velásquez.
Similarly, after the meeting it was reported that the capacity of Gaula Military and Meta Police will be increased with the arrival of a detachment of the Gaula Elite Group, of the General Command of the Military Forces. Moreover, “The change will be made to the Special Energy and Road Battalion present in the region, and it will be an Artillery Battalion that will deploy 12 new platoons, in order to guarantee better control of the territory.”
There will also be an increase in the force for the region, but they have not yet reported how many additional troops this involves.
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