The individual was a member of the extinct Farc for seven years, he belonged to the Martín Villa Normalization Zone; later he continued to commit crimes.
The Task Force Quiron, through military operations carried out in the department of Arauca, captured two individuals known as 'Andrés', third ringleader of the Residual Organized Armed Group (GAO) First Structure and 'Chimirin', who was his security chief.
The detentions were reported in the village El César, in the municipality of Tame, after the infiltration of the troops. It was an operation that led to the discovery of four small firearms, including an Uzi submachinegun, three magazines and 66 cartridges of different calibers; war material that will be evidence elements in the judicial process.
Alias 'Andrés', was in charge of recruiting minors for the organization, collecting money from extortion to farmers, merchants and transport companies in this region of the country. At the same time, he was in charge of moving explosives material to carry out terrorist operations against the civilian population, Security forces and strategic assets of the Nation in the villages Caño Verde, Nuevo Sol, La Puñalada, El César, La Florida, El Sobaco , Santo Domingo, Siberia 1, Siberia 2, Las Nueves, La Lágrima, Las Palmas, La Morera, Normandía and Las Coquetas of the municipality of Tame. For this reason, an arrest warrant for the crime of aggravated homicide (attempted) with the crime of illegal carrying of firearms was issued against him.
In the same way, these individuals allegedly were the masterminds of the installation of explosive devices in the hamlet Palestina, in the municipality of Tame, on February 15, 2019, causing a traffic accident in which six military soldiers of the National Army were injured. They would have participated in the attack on the life of the citizen Henry Alberto Tovar Arenas, ex-combatant of the Farc, who was wounded in March 2018.
Once again, The Eighth Division, through the Task Force Quiron and its Tactical Units, demonstrates that it continues to work to weaken and systematically neutralize the criminal intentions of organized armed groups that permanently attack dignity, good physical condition and freedom of the people in the “llanero” territory
Source: Quiron Task Force
