With the neutralization of 12 members of the Camilo Cien Fuegos group, the "Domingo Laín Sáenz" front in the department of Arauca continues to weaken.
After military operations, troops of the Task Force Quiron, through the Eighteenth Brigade, made the capture of alias 'Peroles' or 'Tocayo' who had arrest warrant for the crime of rebellion and terrorism issued by the third municipal court of Arauca, in the department of Arauca.
Alias 'Peroles', who had been in the criminal organization for about 15 years and was member of the terrorist support network of the 'Camilo Cien Fuegos' group in the populated center of Panama de Arauca, in Arauca, was captured in the municipality of Samoré, in the department of Norte de Santander, by the Special Energy and Roads Battalion No.18 after intelligence work and territory control operations.
The man is accused of being in charge of coordinating illegal recruitment activities, gathering money from extortions and political and mass organization. In the same way, he was seeking to control the mobility routes used by the ELN. Alias 'Peroles' was the put into custody of the authorities.
Source: Eighteenth Brigade of the National Army