A new violent act against the Police occurred on Monday night in Norte de Santander, when a uniformed man was wounded by bullet impact.
The events took place around 7:50 p.m. in the Police substation that is located in the district of Guamalito that belongs to the municipality of El Carmenit was learned by RCN that minutes before what happened, the uniformed men were attending a case of domestic violence.
After this, the uniformed men had arrived at the police station and when he was outside it, Patrolman Diober Gabriel Taborda Calderon He was hit at the height of the right buttock with exit through the thigh of the same leg by a sniper.
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His companions immediately protected him to prevent him from being shot again by members of one of the armed groups that commit crimes in this area of the country. among which are the ELN, with the Camilo Torres Restrepo front, the Dissidences with their fronts 41 and 33, and a redoubt of Los Pelusos.
The uniformed officer injured after receiving initial medical attention in the village, via air has been transferred to Cúcuta to be treated at one of the city’s clinics.
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So far it is unknown which organized armed group outside the law would be responsible for this action that once again alters the public order situation in the Catatumbo region.
It is expected that in the next few hours the commander in charge of the Police in the department will rule on what happened, since the patrolman must first be evaluated by the doctors, the institution indicated.
During 2021 and what has elapsed in 2022 in Norte de Santander There were several attacks against the Public Forceleaving a large number of policemen and soldiers injured and in many cases dead.
