Authorities in the department of Huila In an articulated manner with the different specialties of the members of the Army and the Police in Huila, they captured alias ‘Jhonny Vásquez’, second ringleader and top financial chief of the Darío Gutiérrez Front, of the Bloc Jorge Suarez Briceno of the FARC dissidents, responsible for the burning of a demining battalion vehicle in Baraya and the murder of the patrol boat in Neiva.
According to researchthe subject had become the terror of the productive unions in Huila and Caquetá, who, through different modalities, by seem He intimidated the productive unions for extortion purposes, demanding between $500,000 and $300,000,000, so as not to attack their property and their lives.
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The colonel Henry Herrera ArenasCommander Ninth Brigade indicated that “along with Jhonny Vásquez, alias ‘Chispeado’, head of the commission’s finances, was also captured. Dario Gutierrezand who would have assumed the duties of alias ‘Chuky’, neutralized last March 2024.”
The members of the Public force The arrests were made when the alleged dissidents were moving through the La Abeja village, Guayabal inspection, San Vicente del Caguánwhen they were going to collect extortions from merchants in the region.
“’Jhonny Vásquez’ had more than 104 complaints for extortionof which 82 are in Huila and according to investigative work, its victims are registered at more than 300. The subject was the leader responsible for signing the flyers with the extortion demands,” explained the colonel.
Likewise, among his acts criminals the address is recorded to carry out the burning of the NPR vehicle owned by the Engineer Battalion of Humanitarian Demining No. 5, on May 31, 2023, in the Río Blanco village, in Baraya, Huila, and responsible for the terrorist attack with a grenade against a gasoline station at the exit of the municipality, for June of the same year.
By August 2 he would have ordered the Gun Plan in which a police patrol vehicle was murdered in the city of Neiva, and on May 2 and June 4, respectivelywould have planned and ordered the grenade attacks against commercial establishments in the capital of Huila.
“At the time of capturethey had in their possession a pistol with ammunition, two rifle sights, checkbooks for extortion collection, illegal peace and safe seals, approximately 25 million pesos in cash, a high-cylinder motorcycle, four cell phones and documents where the profits obtained through their criminal actions were,” added Colonel Herrera.
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In this way, this is the second blow in less than a month by the authorities against the Jorge Suárez Briceño Block, after on May 17 the capture of three members of this structure and the death in the course of military operations of a fourth man, in the La Perdiz village, in the municipality of Algeciras.
“We mitigate the early warning 018 issued by the Ombudsman’s Office for the inspections of Guayabal and Balsillas, municipality of San Vicente del Caguán in Caquetaand a direct blow is given to the FARC Reconstruction Plan, which aims to obtain control of the strategic deployment center between Huila, Caquetá and Meta,” indicated the colonel.
Finally, the subjects captured and the seized material were placed at the disposal of the National Police for judicial prosecution. The authorities They continue working to combat crimes that threaten the integrity, security and well-being of the civilian population.
