The 65 demobilized belong to the 33rd Front of the northeastern dissidents of the old FARC, of which 15 are minors, the army’s commander, Luis Cardozo, reported in a public act. He explained that 11 are Venezuelans and the rest Colombian
Author: Voa
More than 60 members of the dissidents of the extinct Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) recent wave of violence that left at least 80 dead and more than 40,000 displaced, Colombian authorities reported.
Meanwhile, the Government offered a reward of 3,000 million pesos (more than 700 thousand dollars) for those who give information that helps the capture of four leaders of the ELN guerrillas, which identified as Nicolás Rodríguez Bautista, aka “Gabino”; Eliecer Herlinto Chamorro, aka «Antonio García»; Gustavo Aníbal Giraldo, aka “Pablito”; and Israel Ramírez Pineda, aka «Pablo Beltrán».
The demobilized 65 belong to the 33rd Front of the northeastern dissidents of the old FARC, of which 15 are minorsthe Army Comamant, Luis Cardozo, reported in a public act. He explained that 11 are Venezuelans and the rest of Colombians. During the operation, 55 rifles were seized, two machine guns, 25 guns, 5 artisanal mortars and 89 weapons “that will no longer be shooting the citizens of Catatumbo,” added the military command.
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The delivery of Tibu dissidents, in the north of Santander, is “one of the greatest demobilizations” in the last nine years, said President Gustavo Petro on Saturday in his X account, formerly Twitter. He assured that his human rights will be respected.
Eln-FARC conflict
The Catatumbo Region, a border area with Venezuela in the northeast of northern Santander and whose control is disputed by the ELN and dissidents of the extinct Farc, was declared on Friday, January 24 in “state of shock” restricting rights such as free circulation , among other measures to restore “public order,” the document said.
The violence for which the State mainly responsible for the ELN unleashed day ago for the control of the territory considered strategic for the development of illegal activities linked to drug trafficking. The government also suspended a week ago the peace negotiations that advanced with that guerrillas.
According to the United Nations The violent escalation has left 60 dead deadwhile the Government of the North of Santander records at least 80. Only 41 bodies have been identified so far because the recovery is difficult by violence in the area, according to the authorities.
The military forces on Saturday reported the mobilization of armored vehicles to reinforce security at the points where the first clashes between the Army and the ELN guerrillas occurred, as confirmed by the Minister of Defense, Iván Velásquez.
He said that during a tour of one of the shelters installed in Tibu it was verified that the displaced are in “acceptable” conditions, while the process continues to stabilize the area that allows these people to return to their homes.
Colombia-Venezuela Plan
The Venezuelan Ministry of Defense announced on Saturday that the elaboration of a three -month joint plan was agreed with Colombia to “consolidate peace” in that border area, where military units remain to avoid actions of illegal armed groups, he said in a statement . The decision was adopted in a meeting they held On the eve Minister Velásquez and his Venezuelan counterpart, Vladimir Padrino, in a city in the border state of Táchira.
After delivering on Saturday 295 tents for the attention of the displaced people who remain in shelters in that region, the Interior Minister, Juan Fernando Cristo, described the action of the ELN as “bloody, inhuman and violent” against the civilian population.
The Ombudsman said that the massive displacement registered in the Catatumbo could be the largest in a single event in the country since 1997. He in turn launched a new alert for the “serious risks” that, he said, would face the civilian population In the departments of Putumayo, Caquetá, Huila, Amazonas, Meta Guaviare and Cauca, in the south and southeast of the Andean country, due to a fragmentation of the dissidents of the FARC grouped in the central staff.
*Journalism in Venezuela is exercised in a hostile environment for the press with dozens of legal instruments arranged for the punishment of the word, especially the laws “against hatred”, “against fascism” and “against blockade.” This content is being published taking into account the threats and limits that, consequently, have been imposed on the dissemination of information from within the country.
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