This operation was carried out in compliance with Decree 1035 of 2024, which enables the Military Forces to destroy yellow machinery used for illegal purposes.
Five excavators, two diver-type dredgers that were neutralized by the authorities, and had a monthly production of 15 kilos of gold, valued at 2,250 million pesos.
These items did not have the transportation documents, nor the registry card; in the same way, the GPS finding equipment of the machinery was not turned on.
Three dredgers and two laboratories were found by troops in this operation in which the differential resources of both countries were deployed to continue fighting illegality.
