Nine cylinder-type explosive devices were destroyed by Army troops in the town of Pinchindé, a rural area of the city of Cali.
Brigadier General Juan Oduber Rendón Pérez, commander of the Army’s Third Brigade, assured that said explosives would belong to the ‘Jaime Martínez’ front of the dissidents of the FARC.
“Highlight the joint work that has been carried out with the Prosecutor’s Office and the National Police, it is an articulated work with which the location and destruction of nine cylinder-type explosive deviceswith which they intended to attack the public force and the civilian population,” said the general.
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Likewise, the officer specified that the explosive devices They were located in the jungle, in the vicinity of a route along which they travel about 300 people.
“In the sector where these artifacts were found and destroyed, at least 300 people from these communities pass through daily, taking into account that it is on the access road to the sector. These actions by these groups, violate flagrantly respect for human rights and the International Humanitarian Law of the civilian population,” he added.
Finally, the general specified that Military actions will continue in this area of the Farallones of Cali to guarantee the protection of communities and governance in the municipalities of the Valle department.
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On the other hand, the commander of the Third Brigade specified that military actions also continue in the north of the Valley to mitigate the actions of the illegal armed group ‘Clan del Golfo’.
“Military operations against organized armed groups such as the residuals and the ‘Clan del Golfo’ do not stop; as well as the offensive against drug trafficking, the main generator of violence in the region and source of financing for these groups to commit criminal actions against the population and the Public Force“concluded Rendón.
