Due to the critical situation of public order that is lived south of the department of Bolívarthe authorities have intensified operations in the region. Therefore, the National Army reported that they neutralized aka bejuco, In the last hours.
This man, indicated as alleged member of the ELN guerrillas, was killed in a military operation developed in the corregimiento La Marizosa, in southern Bolívar.
The officer pointed out that Alias Bejuco would be the alleged responsible for the kidnapping of leader Luis Eduardo Bohóquez, President of the Community Action Board of the La Marizosa district and a member of the Asomarisangu Agrominera Association. The kidnapping was recorded on July 22, 2025.
Before this panorama, the Brigadier General Perdomo Álvarez He referred to the operations that the Army has made against illegal armed groups.
“These actions against the ELN organized group are constant to neutralize drone attacks, with snipers and The indiscriminate mines war that these groups advance against the civilian population“He said.
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The uniformed added that during the operation A long gun, war material were seized and information for the development of operations.
According to him Brigade 19 Commanderhe Eln is also responsible for displacement In the last hours of communities in the municipalities of Arenal and Moraleswhich, according to the officer, “generates a critical situation for the security of the population of southern Bolívar.”
He General Perdomo Álvarez concluded indicating that the National Armyin coordination with the Colombian aerospace force and the National Police, they will continue their offensive to stabilize the south of Bolívar and “bring security and development to this important region.”
