WEEK obtained an audio that reflects the horror that is experienced in the department due to the actions of military groups that constantly attack the public force. In the audio, a uniformed man who is on the operation ground, in the middle of heavy fighting, reports to a colonel that they are practically ambushed.
“Jump into the hole, jump into the hole, now, jump into the hole, break the contact and jump into the hole, now, now, break the contact, break the contact and jump into the hole, Jump into the hole, right now, jump in,” the colonel orders the soldier, who responds, “We can’t jump into the hole because they have us surrounded at all points. If we jump into the hole they will kill us to all”.
The distressing conversation goes like this:
- Colonel: So, where can you defend yourself? That’s why I tell you, stick where Rodríguez is or if not, jump into the hole. Evasion and escape, jump into the hole, jump into the hole, evasion and escape.”
- Soldier: If I jump into the hole they will kill me, they will kill me, they will kill me.
- Colonel: Then, go out to Rodríguez, brother, Go out to Rodríguez,” the colonel orders.
- Soldier: It is not possible, my colonel, it is not possible, my colonel, Rodríguez is blocked, We are all blocked at all points,” adds the soldier.
Army sources confirmed the death of a soldier in the midst of these combats.
In the midst of despair and after the ferocious attacks by criminal groups that commit crimes in this region of the country such as the FARC dissidents, the military on the ground asked through WEEK that the ghost plane is deployed to support them since they feel cornered by the criminals.
The facts are presented according to the military who communicated WEEK in the area known as the Mezón village, in Algeria, Cauca.
It should be remembered that Cauca is one of the departments where the ceasefire between the FARC dissidents of Iván Mordisco and the government was broken, after the criminal group murdered a community leader and also tried to forcibly recruit a minor.
The criminal action at this time would be in retaliation for the Army’s recent attack against the Carlos Patiño faction, which left 15 of its men dead, according to the military institution.
The military operation by the Army last week was carried out through the use of Spike missiles, which are used to attack targets that are at a distance. long distance. At the time, the Army indicated that this attack relied on the collaboration of the Air Force through the ghost plane that helped locate the targets, which were in illegal camps in the middle of the thicket of the dense jungle found in the Cauca.
