Four soldiers wounded in Aguachica were transferred to Bogotá

professional soldiers Francisco Javier Mendoza Zabala, Juan David Moreno Caldera and Elkin Pérez Cantilloas well as the Regular Soldier (SL18) Jorge Mario López Acostaarrived in Bogotá this Friday night at Central Military Hospital to receive medical attention.

Through a statement, it was reported that the four soldiers are in the Intensive Care Unit“in critical clinical condition, under close observation and permanent treatment by a multidisciplinary medical team, with reserved prognosis”.

In the night hours of Thursday December 18 There was a terrorist attack against the military base of Aguachica, Cesar. troops of National Army In the area they tried to repel the attack and the rifle rounds; However, multiple damages were recorded in the facilities, seven people dead and 30 injured.

The commander of the Military Forces, Admiral Francisco Cubidesconfirmed that the ELN was responsible for the terrorist attack. The incident occurred in the township of Juncal and it was confirmed that during the attack they were also used drones.

In the last hours, the Ministry of Defense offered a reward of up to $200 million for information related to the attack. The minister Pedro Sanchez confirmed that the president Gustavo Petro authorized progress in a manifest urgency to strengthen the anti-drone system.