The violent action occurred in the municipality of El Zulia at a time when they were carrying out control patrols.
One police officer dead and two others injured left a terrorist action recorded this Friday night against the Police in the Las Piedras sector of the municipality of El Zulia, in Norte de Santander.
ANDAt the time they were carrying out control patrols on two police motorcycles, a motorcycle bomb was activated.According to the same community, the injured uniformed men continued driving until they reached the Milagrosa sector where they received help so that they could be immediately transferred by ambulance to a clinic in Cúcuta.
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YoUnfortunately, Deputy Mayor Carlos Cárdenas Galaviz died. and patrolmen José López Sepúlveda and Fabián Soto Quintero were injured, who are being treated at a clinic in Cúcuta.
The authorities are carrying out the relevant investigations to identify and capture those responsible for this new terrorist action. registered against the Public Force in an area where there is a presence of the ELN and FARC dissidents.
The last violent act against the Public Force was recorded on December 15, where a uniformed member of the National Army identified as Carlos Andrés Lasso was murdered by members of the ELN in a rural area of the municipality of El Zulia, where for several days, clashes have been taking place at this point in the metropolitan area of Cúcuta.
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The events occurred in the Encerraderos sector, where clashes between Army troops and this armed group have been reported. that is present in the region and that is generating fear among the communities.
In the last four months they have been murdered 18 members of the Army and Police in Norte de Santander by the ELN, in the municipalities of El Carmen, Convencion, El Tarra, Teorama, Tibú and Zulia.
