During the fight against the Rubén Darío Ávila substructure, of the Clan del Golfo, alias Caballo was wounded, and was immediately taken to a health center where he died. Six other individuals were captured.
Troops of the National Army, in military operations conducted against crime factors in the department of Antioquia, and in response to early warning No. 083 of 2019, faced the Rubén Darío Ávila substructure, Organized Armed Group, GAO, Clan del Golfo, where alias Caballo died. He was on the most wanted list in the department of Córdoba.
The military operation was carried out in the San Francisco del Rayo municipality, in Montelíbano, Córdoba, where Army men, with the support of the Air Force, the Police and the Prosecutor's Office, received information from the Civic Participation Network that said alias Caballo would be in this area, armed and extorting local inhabitants.
This man had a revolver and ammunition for himself. 6 other individuals, members of this organized armed group, were captured. They had in their possession 3 pistols, a grenade, 6 magazines, 165 cartridges, 4 motorcycles and military accessories and communications equipment.
Alias Caballo, 36, has a criminal record of four years in the criminal organization. He was in charge of extortion against ranchers and businessmen in Montelíbano, San José de Uré and Puerto Libertador, in the department of Córdoba, and Caucasia, in Bajo Cauca region, in the department of Antioquia.
This individual in the same way commanded structures in charge of planning and executing criminal operations against civilians and the Security forces. In addition, people denounce that this individual was responsible for the murder of social leaders, especially those that occurred in the municipality of San José, in Puerto Libertador, on June 29, 2019; in the El Palmar municipality in Montelíbano, on June 27, 2019, and in the San Francisco del Rayo municipality, in the same way in Montelíbano, on January 13 of this year.
Source: National Army - News Agency