In addition to this effort that provides security on the main tourist routes of the departments of Meta, Guaviare and Vaup茅s, the National Army has an emergency platoon to face emergencies caused by rains.
1,924 soldiers are being deployed in the roads, urban centers and strategic assets of the Colombian southeast as part of the campaign Travel Confident, your Army is on the road.
The security strategy in addition to the checkpoints in the roads mainly in tourist places, contemplates urban and rural areas in municipalities such as Acacias, Villavicencio, Restrepo, Granada, San Mart铆n, Castilla la Nueva, Cubarral El Calvario, El Castillo, El Dorado Fuente de Oro, Guamal in the department of Meta, where this weekend there will be a main effort for the cycling sports activity of the Giro de Rigo los Llanos edition, in addition to the operation of the Unified Command Post (PMU) of the Llanera Culture Park Las Malocas .
In the department of Vaup茅s, the main support is carried out in the urban centers of the municipalities of Carur煤, Mit煤 and Taraira and in the three non-municipalized areas such as Pacoa, Papunaua and Yavarat茅, sectors that are guarded by land and river. It is expected that for these long weekends, the indigenous communities will be able to receive tourists who are already arriving at the Fabio Alberto Le贸n Bentley Airport, in Mit煤.
On the other hand, the ancestral jungle of the department of Guaviare, becomes one of the tourist attractions and places of greater reception of people from other regions for this long weekend. So the soldiers remain vigilant on roads and rural areas of the municipalities of San Jos茅 del Guaviare, Miraflores, Calamar and El Retorno.
In addition, the Fourth Division of the Army has a platoon made up of 30 soldiers specialized in emergency in the frame of the rains in case of being necessary.
Travel confident, your Army is on the way.
Source: Press, Fourth National Army Division