As part of the security strategy for Meta, Guaviare and Vaupés, Colombian National Army has sent more than 240 soldiers in the 22nd Brigade. This reinforcement seeks to dismantle the illegal activities of organized armed groups and criminal structures, in addition to providing greater protection to the inhabitants.
Since the previous afternoon, these members of the Military Forces entered the area of responsibility of the 19th Joaquín París Infantry Battalion, in the department of Guaviare. Its mission is to strengthen military operations, dismantle the sources of financing of criminal groups and works to increase the protection of the inhabitants of the region.
The Aviation Mobility and Maneuver Battalion of Colombian National Army supports this operation with its aircraft, on the command post in San José del Guaviare. Lieutenant Colonel Nicolás Santos Góngora, commander of the Joaquín París Battalion, leads the deployment: “thanks to the permanent coordination with intelligence agencies, the units are in rural areas and strategic points in San José and El Retorno, carrying out maneuvers operations to weaken criminal structures and curb the factors of instability in the region.”
A few hours after the start of the operation, the troops have already achieved important results. In the village of Buenos Aires, municipality of San José del Guaviare, the army dismantled two coca base paste production laboratories, which directly hits the finances of the 44th Front. 250 kilos of coca leaf, 120 gallons of fermented coca, 100 gallons of gasoline and numerous solid and liquid supplies, valued at 24 million pesos, were found by troops at the site. This heavy blow significantly reduces the military operations and logistics capacity of the 44th Front in the region.
In the same way, the commander of this military unit in maneuver, expressed the institutional commitment and through these operations in favor of security in the region: “they are part of the joint work conducted by institutions and citizens, we seek to consolidate a safe environment for the full development of activities, both in urban and rural areas.”
Source: Press - National Army
