This man had the ranchers and merchants of the south of the Meta and the Guaviare frightened with the extortion of money. He would in the same way be responsible for illegal recruitment of minors in the area.
In operations framed in the Ayacucho Joint Strategic Campaign Plan, in the Nueva Colombia municipality of Vista Hermosa, Meta, it was possible to arrest alias Tereco, accused ringleader of finances of the Support Networks for Residual Structures (RAER) and explosives expert of the Jhon Linares group of the Jorge Briceño Suárez structure of the FARC dissidents.
Alias Tereco, who would in the same way be in charge of carrying out criminal intelligence on the Military Forces and installing explosive devices, he had a basic guerrilla course, a Bolivarian militia course and a basic explosives course. In addition, in 2017 he would have integrated the security group of alias Gentil Duarte. On the accused today there was the arrest warrant No.007, issued by the Prosecutor's Office 113 of Villavicencio on May 16, 2023, for the crimes of association to commit crimes and extortion.
As a result of the constant operation by the troops against the structure, it was in the same way possible in the urban area of Puerto Rico, Meta, the arrest of the individual known as alias Chita, alleged member of the same group. He would be responsible for carrying out criminal intelligence and logistical support for the procurement of materials, and the manufacture of explosive devices that were used in the two terrorist attacks in the urban area of that municipality, the first against a police patrol and the second in which the Happy 4 canine of the Omega Joint Task Force died, last July and August, respectively.
The two arrested were put into custody of the authority to continue with their judicial process.
Arrest in Puerto Rico by Omega Joint Task Force
With these operations, a heavy blow is dealt to the Jhon Linares group of the Jorge Briceño Suárez structure, directly attacking the intentions of increasing its political and armed arm; in the same way, the logistics system is weakened as well as its finances.
The Omega Joint Task Force, in compliance with its constitutional duty, will continue to carry out operations against the organized armed group Central Staff of the FARC dissidents and all its structures that commit crimes in the southeast of the country.
Source: Press - Omega Joint Task Force