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Three soldiers were injured in a rural area of the municipality of Argelia, in Cauca, after being victims of an attack by FARC dissidents. who used drones loaded with explosives to attack the troops from the air.
According to preliminary information from the Military Forces, the crime occurred this Wednesday afternoon in the Pepinal village, in the El Plateado district. The perpetrators apparently They were members of the Carlos Patiño frontassigned to the Western Block of the Central General Staff of the FARC (EMC).
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The military patrol that was in the area was attacked cwith artisanal mortar shells, launched from commercial drones. The terrorists threw six of these grenades, in three different attacks.
The soldiers suffered minor injuries from shrapnel, and They are now out of danger in the military dispensary.
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Air strikes using commercial drones began to be tested by FARC dissidents earlier this year, according to information from Military Intelligence. In several operations, videos were recovered showing how mortar grenades were adapted to these small propeller vehicles, with a mechanism that allowed them to be launched from a distance.
The Carlos Patiño front commits crimes in the municipalities of Argelia, Patía, Balboa and El Tambo. His commander is Anderson Andrey Vargas (“Kevin”).
The Algerian aggression occurred within the framework of a new terrorist escalation of the EMCwhich included an attack with a motor-pump in the urban area of Jamundí (Valle), with three injured, and harassment with rifle bursts at the Potrerito police substation, in the same town.
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In addition, In Cauca there was another harassment at the Police station of the municipality of Cajibío; and the activation of a explosive near the Suárez hospitalwhich left three injured, including a two-month-old baby.
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