in the middle of a raid operation in the urban area of the municipality of Corinto in the north of Cauca, members of the public force were received with gunfire.
The events were recorded in the Pedro León neighborhood, where it was intended to capture a leader of the Farc dissidents.
When Army troops and police officers arrived at the site, They were fired upon, leading to a confrontation. left as a balance a dead Army captain and two wounded police officers.
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Similarly, it was reported the death of a man who would be one of the targets of the operation and one of the main leaders of the dissidence “Dagoberto Ramos Ortiz”.
“The facts are being investigated and what we know is that they were carrying out a joint operation between the Army and the Police, when they came across an armed group and the confrontation ensued. We do not know if there are reports of injured civilians,” he said. Leonardo Rivera secretary of government of Corinto, in dialogue with RCN Mundo.
The Army officer who lost his life was identified as Ervin Salamanca, who died at the scene, while that the two wounded police officers were taken to the Valle de Lili clinic in the city of Cali, one of them seriously injured.
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after the facts, Strong harassment against the public force was recorded in the vicinity of the urban area of the population, which generated fear among the community.
In videos made by the same inhabitants, it is observed how some citizens take refuge in the houses, while rifle bursts are fired from the mountains.
