The National Army confirmed that the FARC dissidents of the Carlos Patiño front are launching explosives from homes in the El Plateado district, municipality of Algeria, Cauca.
According to the report, The above is a clear violation of international humanitarian law, to the Geneva Conventions and human rights.
In recent days, the town of El Plateado has been a center of military operations. Even last Thursday, 15 guerrillas died and at least 12 more were injured. by an air offensive of the National Army.
To this, we must add that the residents of The area has been at crossroads in the midst of these actions by criminal groups.and, in addition, the roofs of their homes are being used to launch devices improvised.
“It is a completely artisanal artillery thatthat the bandits are using through the manufacture of refinery tubes, which they use in an artisanal way and build them without any type of architecture or engineering,” said General Federico Mejía, commander of the Cauca Specific Command. “The residents and farmers call it the ‘crazy bomb’ because he launches himself and has no control,” he concluded.
To these facts, Also added is the camp that they improvised from the infrastructure that supplies water to the communities, and from where non-conventional explosives have also been launched against the troops that are They stay in the area.
Likewise, according to the statement, In recent months, dissidents have committed numerous attacks against the substation electricity of the town of El Mango, which is the one that supplies energy to the municipality of Argelia.
Against this, The National Army confirmed that it will continue to carry out actions in the department to prevent it from becoming in danger the integrity and tranquility of the residents of the region.
