The Colombian president, Gustavo Petro, said Thursday that his government will declare as “terrorist” organizations the Gulf Clan, which is the main criminal gang of the country, and to two dissidents of the ancient Farc, which are the Central General Staff (EMC) and the second Marquetalia.
“I have made a decision: our investigations show that the evil called Gulf clan, the second Marquetalia and the dissidents of alias ‘Iván Bite’ (known as EMC) are the drug trafficking board And they must be considered pursuable terrorist organizations anywhere on the planet, including Bogotá“Petro said during an act of land delivery in the city of Valledupar.
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The president recalled that terrorists are those violent acts they are looking for “Planning panic“In the civilian population, unlike the”fighting between forces carrying weapons“, like the two attacks perpetrated this Thursday in the departments of Valle de Cauca and Antioquia.
Attacked in Cali
A pump truck, drones and rifles: two attacks that left 14 dead and dozens of injured in the worst onslaught of armed groups in the last decade. Towards 3 pm, A truck loaded with explosives broke out in a busy street in Cali, the third most populous city in the country.
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The attack against an Aviation Military School left six dead and more than 60 injured, according to the most recent balance of the Ombudsman’s Office. The City Hall ordered the militarization of the city. Images spread on social networks show vehicles in flames, destroyed homes, people injured on the floor and people who flee in the middle of the alarm and screams noise.
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The Minister of Defense, Pedro Sánchez, responsible for the attack on the greatest dissent of the FARC known as Central General Staff (EMC) under the command of alias Iván Bite.
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