Up to 200 million pesos reward (100 from the government of Valle del Cauca, and another 100 from the mayor of Cali) to find the whereabouts of those responsible for the motorcycle bomb attack in the center of Jamundí, and members of Jaime Martínez dissidence, was one of the first announcements, after the extraordinary security council held on the afternoon of Wednesday, June 12 at the Third Brigade of the Army in Cali.
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“We cannot allow ourselves to be intimidated, we have to continue being firm against crime. These are acts of retaliation, terrorist acts, because they cannot confront the Army or the Police, and they are terrorist acts that generate uncertainty, anxiety and fear in the community, and we cannot allow fear to subside. take over us,” expressed the governor of Valle, Dilian Francisca Toro, while together with the mayor of Cali, Alejandro Eder, and the mayor of Jamundí, Paola Castillo, they rejected the terrorist act in the Valle del Cauca municipality.
Some measures and requests
“The minister understood and we made several requests: the first is to increase the strength of both the Army and the Police, and that was accepted. 100 more police officers are going to arrive in Jamundí. The Army will be accompanying the Police in the urban area, and will also be present there supporting the safety of the people of Jamundeño. Second, they increase our flight hours, which we have requested so much from the FAC (Colombian Air Force), so that they can also provide support to the Army and the Police. Third, the minister is going to speak with Family Welfare, because there is a lot of recruitment in Jamundí, and we need to protect our boys and girls from the recruitment that the FARC dissidents are doing there,” the president detailed about the main conclusions. of Council.
He also announced that he will work jointly with the mayor of Jamundí to improve the road to Villacolombia, Jamundí district, and will have support from the Army.
Likewise, the Minister of Defense was asked that Jamundí be included in the Zomac zone, which includes a group of municipalities most affected by the conflict.
Meanwhile, Minister Velásquez warned that if with this type of attacks the EMC seeks to pressure the Government to renew suspensions of offensive operations and the ceasefire, “we emphatically state that this is not going to happen. The ceasefire in the southwest will remain suspended, there is no specific situation in this region of the country conducive to even thinking about possibilities of a ceasefire and it is an emphatic statement that I make as Minister of National Defense.”
And he added: “To the Central General Staff in the southwest, persecution, increase in the capabilities of the public force, attack them with all those capabilities. We have just concluded the Security Council with the governor of Valle del Cauca, with the mayor of Jamundí, with the mayor of Cali, with military and territorial police commanders, but also from Bogotá who have moved from the National Police , the director of Dipol for the need to strengthen intelligence and integrate Police intelligence with military intelligence, because we are also going to find those responsible for these attacks.”
For her part, the mayor of Jamundí, Paola Castillo, in addition to rejecting the terrorist act and highlighting the support of the institutions, emphasized the need to combat the recruitment of minors who end up in the ranks of armed groups.
