Chocó. In the framework of the National Government's Diamante Plan, in operations conducted by the National Navy, alias "Miller", leader of the Eln, died. He committed crimes in the municipalities of Litoral San Juan and Bajo Baudó, in the department of Chocó, he would be responsible for the homicide of afro Colombian and indigenous leaders, forced recruitment of minors, as well as transport, collection and distribution of alkaloids, in this area of the Colombian Pacific.
During the search of the zone, after the armed confrontation that this morning the troops of the National Navy engaged against a structure of the Front 'Ernesto Che Guevara' of the Organized Armed Group Eln, in the sector of Puerto Melú, of the Municipality of Bajo Baudó, in the department of Chocó, the lifeless body of a delinquent was found, which after inspection by the judicial authority, was moved to the port of Buenaventura in the department of Valle del Cauca, along with war material, such as a grenade launcher and a shotgun.
The body without life was identified as alias "Miller", 38, who had been committing crimes for approximately 15 years in this organized armed group and was currently the trusted man of alias "Santiago", head of the Front “Ernesto Che Guevara” of Eln.
According to his criminal record, alias "Miller" is the murder of the community leader of Pichima, Desman Anilio Murillo Rosero, who dies at the hands of this terrorist, in the sector of El Venado, on February 21 of this year.
In the same way, alias "Miller", recruited minors of age who were retained and indoctrinated, to become members of his support networks, as in the case of the minor Mayerly Cortés Rodríguez, who was kidnapped last 8 of September 2018 and due to military pressure, was released on September 19, after being handed over to a humanitarian commission in the municipality of San Miguel, on the San Juan - Chocó river. In the same way, he was in charge of the transport, collection and distribution of alkaloids in the municipalities of Litoral del San Juan and Bajo Baudó – in Chocó.
During the last three years, he had attacked on the Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities of Pichimá, El Venado, Orpúa, Ijuá and Belén de Docampadó, causing them fear and violence in these areas.
The five military who were wounded by firearms and shrapnel in their bodies, now recover satisfactorily.
Source: National Navy.
