Putumayo News.
“There are not 18, there are 23” the dead and one prisoner due to combat in Puerto Guzmán, Putumayo, in a fact that has generated consternation, because the police were left piled up with bodies; some families were displaced.
In an official press release, the Front Carolina Ramírez indicated that the figure is 23 casualties due to the combat against the Commandos of the Border of the dissidents of the Farc.
Farc dissidents in Putumayo
The fighting began on November 19, 2022
These clashes began on November 19 in the villages of Los Pinos and Las Delicias in the municipality of Puerto Guzmán in the department of Putumayo.
The governor of that department, Buanerges Rosero Peña, gave official statements in which he denounced it was in an armed confrontation that is due to internal conflicts in the area.
He also referred to a possible humanitarian mission that they are going to carry out at the scene of the events together with the community.
In addition to the priority that the authorities should give to the evacuation and identification of corpses.
For its part, the Carolina Ramírez Front reported details of the combat last weekend, stating that they have war material in their possession.
Units of the Leiber Rodríguez mobile column of the ‘Carolina Ramírez’ front in company with units of the Jorge Suarez Briceño Front and the first ‘Armando Ríos’ front.
Assault on a group of the narco-paramilitary apparatus ‘Comandos de Frontera’ located in the village of Las Delicias, in combat that lasted for more than four hours and the following result was obtained:”
- Twenty-three (23) paramilitaries killed in combat.
- unknown number of injured.
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A prisoner of war captured in action.
- Nineteen (19) assault rifles.
- a 223 machine gun.
- a 60mm mortar with three grenades for it.
- an 81 mm mortar with three grenades for it.
- A ramp with two pumps for it.
- Five (5) Global Positioning Systems (GPS for its acronym in English).
- One hundred (100) suppliers for different types of rifles.
- Ammo 223 and 762 in abundance.
- Communication radios.
- Cell phones with important information.
- Economy for several units.
- Medicine for war wounded.
- Teams with complete supplies of quartermaster and logistics.
- Important information documents.
In the same communiqué, the community was informed that: “The guerrilla units remain in the area and continue the advance,” in addition to confirming that two of their men were slightly injured.
They also made reference to the prisoner of war and warned that in the next few days they will be presenting a survival video, “we respect his integrity and his life.”
On the other hand, the governor of Putumayo emphasized that “there are around 350 troops in this sector along the different rivers,” in order to restore order in the area.
Through unofficial information through social networks, it was learned that on Sunday inhabitants of the villages took the bodies of the deceased to the town center of José María.
“A terrifying act”
Videos are circulating on social networks that show the moment in which the bodies of the victims of the overturning of a cargo truck are removed.
Everything happens in front of the community, women, children and older adults who witness the heartbreaking moments.
and the mayor’s office Puerto Guzman reported that the bodies will remain in the cemetery until the authorities arrive to make the respective inspections.
Yuri Quinterocoordinator of the Putumayo Human Rights Network, told a media outlet that there were displacements.
After the confrontation, around 15 families came out to the José María village.
“The people are currently in the church, supported by the priest of the village.”
“But they have told us about more than 20 displaced families, and the most likely thing is that the others are on the Caquetá side,” they said.
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