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The authorities detected in time a truck carrying a mortar-type device that was going to be used to attack the military installations of Cartago, Valle del Caucaaccording to preliminary information from the Military Forces.
The neutralization of the attack was achieved thanks to information received by the community and to intelligence work carried out in the territory.
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“Troops from the 23rd Infantry Battalion of the Third Brigade located a LMN 035 plate truck with a launch vehicle inside,” The Armed Forces reported.
On Monday morning, the Army deployed an extensive security device in coordination with the National Police to secure the sector on the road that connects Cartago with Ansermanuevo.
This fact adds to the recent terrorist attacks against the Public Force and civil society in several areas of the national territory.where dissidents have caused damage to civilians, police and physical infrastructure.
Precisely, due to the escalation of the war, the Army and the Metropolitan Police of Cali, with the support of the Colombian Air Force, They execute the total intervention plan in the towns of Robles and Timba, in the municipality of Jamundí, south of Valle del Cauca.
The plan seeks to influence the reduction of different crimes that generate anxiety in the inhabitants of this municipality just 15 minutes from the city of Cali and neutralize the threats present in this area of the country.
So far, two people have been captured in flagrante delicto and seized three motorcycles, a revolver, six cartridges, four bars of an explosive with characteristics similar to pentolite, two hand grenades, 45 million pesos in cash and propaganda material alluding to residual organized armed groups that commit crimes in southwestern Colombia.
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