After the terrorist attack with a car bomb, which left three people dead, including a police assistant and nine others injured, the Police announced a reward of up to 50 million pesos for information that allows the capture of those responsible for this made.
They also revealed that behind this attack is alias ‘Mata’, who would be one of the main leaders of the ‘Franco Benavides’ substructure of the FARC dissidents, who commit crimes in that area.
“Alias ’Mata’ is the one we are looking for at this moment. In this action, we regret the death of a uniformed Police officer, as well as two people from the community, here in the Remolino sector,” says the deputy director of the National Police, Brigadier General Nicolás Zapata.
Furthermore, the general explains that there was a significant impact on commerce in the area, since the attack was against the Police substation that is next to businesses, restaurants and bars in the sector.
“We are making progress in the investigations, we already have reinforcements from the Police here and we are clear that 50 million pesos in reward are being offered, at this time for alias ‘Mata’, but we also remember the 500 million that are for ‘Iván Mordisco'”highlights the deputy director of the Police.
The ‘Franco Benavides’
This substructure, which is also part of the Central General Staff, of the FARC dissidents, would be behind several attacks in the area and harassment of public forces, such as the one that occurred on June 2.
The ‘Franco Benavides’ is found in all the municipalities of the western mountain range of Nariño, where they are located in Policarpa, Cumbitara, El Rosario, Leyva and Taminango.
Fairly, The attack that occurred yesterday afternoon in Taminango is a key and strategic corridor for the FARC dissidents because “there it is an obligatory passage for the armed groups to reach other areas, such as the municipalities of the mountain range.”says one of the inhabitants of the sector.
At this time, a security council is being held in the area to take more concrete measures regarding the events that occurred.
