The military has had to build ditches for protection against this new offensive perpetrated by armed groups.
Given the recent attacks carried out by FARC dissidents with explosive drones on military troops in the southwest of the country, the Army commander, Luis Emilio Cardozo, indicated that they are purchasing anti-drones to carry out offensive actions.
In this new offensive carried out by armed groups in the southwest of the country, the troops have had to build ditches for their protection.
“These drones are incredibly imprecise and unsafe weapons.We have carried out more than 20 actions in this area of Algeria against the troops.“What we have made are pits in the trenches, so that they can protect themselves from these grenades that the drones throw,”Cardozo specified.
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“We are in the acquisition of anti-drone systems,We have already had some prototypes and we are testing it in the field,because we are not going to buy something that does not work, and carrying out the procedures for its acquisition does work,” he said.
Cease fire
The commander of the Military Forces, General Helder Giraldo, revealed thatmet with the High Commissioner for Peace, Otty Patiñoand with different delegates for the talks, to evaluate a possible ceasefire with the FARC dissidents of the ‘Second Marquetalia’ that is at the hands of alias ‘Iván Márquez’.
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In those conversations,A member of the institution will also be present as an observer,in order to provide recommendations, considerations and some observations to advance the peace dialogues.
“At this moment there are some approaches, they are beginning to focus on some issues at the negotiating table next Monday.We will be very attentive, because the intention is to correct some actions of the previous processes“Giraldo added.
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