Army deactivates explosive in Briceño (Antioquia) and prevents a new terrorist attack

The public order situation in the municipality of Bricenonorth of the department of Antioch. In the last hours, soldiers of the Field Artillery Battalion No. 4 They deactivated an improvised explosive that was found on the Travesía sidewalk of this town.

According to him National Armycriminals hid the device and intended to attack not only the public force but also the farmers who must travel these roads every day to move between paths.

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In images it is possible to see that the criminals used a garbage bag to, first, divert the attention of the authorities and, second, to hide the explosive with which they intended to attack the troops.

Given the threat, the presence of personnel was immediately necessary. antiexplosivein charge of deactivating the device in a controlled manner.

The situation occurs in the middle of a early warning issued by the Ombudsman’s Officewhich detailed the serious humanitarian and conflict situation that this municipality is experiencing.

Only this year, in Briceño, the murder of ten peoplethe majority young, and the recent displacement of more than 2,000 people.

Ombudsman Alert

The risk identified by the Ombudsman’s Office is due, as a first scenario, to the permanent dispute between the Front 36 (Middle Magdalena Block) of the dissidents and the emerging group Peasant Guerrillas Los Cabuyosformed in 2025 from a dissident division Front 18 of the extinct FARC.

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The second scenario occurs due to the dispute between the Front 36 and the Gaitanista Army of Colombia (EGC).

It is not ruled out that these confrontations could worsen after the recent departure of the Front 18 of the EMBF and his adherence to the call New Central General Staff (New EMC)a dissident group that obeys ‘Iván Mordisco’.

And Briceño is a strategic point for controlling mobility and attracting illicit incomecoming from the planting and replanting of crops for illicit use and the illegal mining.