The Minister of Defense led a security meeting in Palmira to face the wave of violence in the Valle del Cauca.
The approach of this meeting was the security in the southern sector of the department, comprised of the corridor that unites the municipalities of Pradera, Florida, Candelaria, Palmira and Cali.
The municipality of Palmira was the scene of a security meeting headed by the Minister of Defense, Pedro Sánchez, departmental and public force authorities, where they were announced New strategies to counteract the violence that plagues Buenaventura already other municipalities of Valle del Cauca such as Jamundí, Palmira, Florida and Pradera.
The minister said that in the valley “There is a hybrid war composed of drug trafficking, microtrafficking, illegal mining and contraband,” He also indicated that there are different criminal objectives to fight, including illegal armed groups and criminal gangs.
Similarly, he pointed out that A shock plan will be launched with the deployment of special forces in these areas, where in recent months the actions of the FARC dissidents have increased, and crimes related to illegal mining and drug trafficking.
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“A shock plan progresses in Pradera, Florida and Palmira that we hope is executed with total effectiveness and as quickly as possible, we will affect that illegal mining and that drug trafficking that so much affects this regionsince while there are these two cancers also associated with corruption, it will be very difficult to neutralize this threat, “he said.
“Meanwhile, In Buenaventura, it will be strengthened, in addition to the 500 police officers who will arrive in the district. A Military Gaula detachment will also arrive and special forces will be strengthened and will also be sent coupled with a radar that will improve control in the port. “
Within the measures The delivery of new teams to the Public Force is contemplated, including ships to strengthen the work of the National Navy, a geo-draft system for the Police that will allow to detect extortion cases, and the creation of a chat bot so that citizens can denounce more agile criminal acts, possible attacks or terrorist identities.
“On the part of the National Government for the Colombian Navy, Three ships are going to be deployed in the Caribbean, one of them is under repair, so that they arrive in December and better maritime control can be done in this Pacific area, Also eleven boats to control the rivers, these boats are made with Colombian industry are already being built and in December they will also arrive here to the valley, “said the official.
“Our army will also arrive capabilities that are being acquired for the central level, communications, accompaniment weapons and 17 ASB vehicles Of the 33 that have already arrived, that will strengthen the control of the third division for the entire area of the southwest of the country. The National Police will arrive in December in December, but also to counteract extortion, they will have a geolocator To achieve greater effectiveness in these extortion issues, “he explained.
Likewise, the authorities reiterated the Reward of up to four billion pesos for information that allows Alias Marlon, indicated as one of the main dynamizers of recent terrorist attacks in the southwest of the country. As reported, five members of their criminal structure have already been neutralized.
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“Here in this region we have determined six objectives of high value to achieve security mainly from the Valle del Caucain that sense we have neutralized five of the six high -value objectives that we have determined, we There is one that is Alias Marlon for whom we give a reward of up to 4 billion pesos“
Finally, he reiterated that If it is necessary to make bombings as executed in other areas of the country, they will be carried out as long as the conditions are met to attack where the civilian population is not compromised.
The government stressed that These measures seek to recover tranquility in the Valle del Cauca and directly hit illegal organizations that affect the safety and development of the region.
Source: Integrated information system
