The attack occurred after the president attended an event for the delivery of some infrastructure works in the department.
News Colombia
Moments of anguish were recorded last night in the municipality of Solano, due to the attack with explosives against the caravan in which the Governor of Caquetá, Arnulfo Gasca, was traveling.
The attack with explosives was presumably perpetrated by the FARC dissidents and has so far left two police officers dead and five people injured.
According to the first reports, the governor was inaugurating a highway in the region, between the municipalities of Solano and Montañita, in the morning hours.
The caravan had more than 60 uniformed personnel and 50 vehicles that made up the governor’s security scheme.
attack victims
However, when they were about to return, they were victims of an attack with explosives that left several injured.
For his part, the director of the police, General Jorge Luis Vargas, confirmed that the deceased uniformed men corresponded to Miguel Ángel Bernal Espitia and William Rodolfo Echeverría Velasco.
Our brave police officers ensured the safety of the Governor’s motorcade #Caqueta. The entire country vehemently rejects any criminal act. They will not break us! The sooner we will find the intellectual and material authors of this fact.
– General Jorge Luis Vargas Valencia (@DirectorPolicia) January 30, 2022
He also rejected what happened and through a tweet declared that “we will not allow the murder of any police officer to go unpunished.”
Likewise, it was learned that the governor and some secretaries of the office are in good health after the attack on the caravan in which they were mobilizing.
They point out that after the attack they had to take shelter in Unión Peneya to be transported by air to Florence.
So far, the names of three wounded soldiers Miguel Ángel Ochoa García, Héctor Leonardo Cante and Óscar Iván Gómez are known.
