Attention: Commander of the Fifth Brigade of Bucaramanga requested dismissal

In the middle of a meeting of generals, the commander of the National Army, General Luis Emilio Cardozo, asked for the resignation of the commander of the Fifth Brigade of Bucaramanga, General Óscar Vera, who was in the Intelligence Corps in the Government of former President Iván Duke.

In a meeting held by the Military Forces in the last hours, He was called to rate services to the commander of the Fifth Brigade of Bucaramanga, Santander, General Óscar Vera Peláez, who in the Government of former President Iván Duque Márquez was part of Military Intelligence.

The request for resignation was made at the General José María Córdoba Military School, in Bogotá, where the meeting took place with several senior leaders of the Military Forces and included generals and admirals. The diligence was summoned by General Helder Fernán Giraldo.

The objective of the meeting was to analyze the current situation of public order, especially in the Southwest of the country, in the Cauca and in the Cauca Valleywhere the FARC dissidents violently attacked the Public Force in the last few hours, leaving at least five people injured.

Vera Peláez’s departure occurs at the request of her superiors and after having been in the Colombian Military Forces for more than 34 years of service. Likewise, the request for discharge from the same commander of the Fifth Brigade of the National Army, in Bucaramanga, It occurs with the arrival of General Emilio Cardozo, who came to command the military institution after the departure of Luis Emilio Cardozo.

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