The commander of the Military Forces, General Helder Giraldo, confirmed that the fighting against the ‘Carlos Patiño’ front of the Central General Staff of the dissidents will continue, after announcing that said illegal armed structure that commits crimes in the south of Cauca, is the main objective of military actions.
«The troops are effectively being replaced by other units, we are going to continue, as I told you, this offensive operation against these terrorist structures. Likewise, we are in the identification process with the support of our National Police and later the identity of these members of this structure who have been captured will be announced,” said Giraldo.
Interceptions
The senior officer reported that the leader of the front, alias ‘Dumar’, is violating International Humanitarian Law, after interceptions became known in which the illegal commander ordered the beheading of the soldiers.
“Nothing about taking prisoners, all those hps have a hard time,” said the audio intercepted from the leader of the ‘Carlos Patiño’.
The Army has reported that since May 1 it began the operation called ‘Mars 2′, whose objective is to recover territorial control of the Micay canyon area, in the south of Cauca, a drug trafficking corridor in which the front commits crimes. Carlos Patiño’ of the dissidents.
Recovery
This operation involved combat with said structure, which left three dissidents neutralized, the recovery of a minor who had been recruited and five dissidents captured.
Also, the fighting left four professional soldiers murdered, according to the institution, at a time when ground units were preparing to prepare land for the landing of an aircraft in order to evacuate.
There they were attacked by two dissident fronts: the ‘Carlos Patiño’ and the ‘Franco Benavidez’, who also committed crimes in Nariño.
