About 6:30 am on Thursday, May 1, 2025 (festive in Colombia for the commemoration of the International Workers Day) an attack on the National Police was presented.
The events occurred in the municipality of Buenos Aires, Department of Cauca, leaving affectations to the police station, the Mayor’s Office and three nearby homes. In addition, no injured or deceased persons have been reported.
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Merchants and settlers told him to Cali country that very early heard a strong explosion, which, according to preliminary reports, was because of a grenade.
“When we got up to see what happened, we saw that it was an attack on the police station, then, like a few minutes, They no longer explained that they had launched an explosive, apparently a grenade against the station”, A merchant told the aforementioned medium.
Through social networks, several users shared the video of the damage generated by the detonation, especially in homes near the National Police station.
The authorities specified that the attack against the public force would have been by the dissidents of the FARC, a group that has the greatest presence in that region of the country.
“So far there is no report of fatalities or injured in this attack, apparently executed by FARC dissidentswhich is the armed group that has the greatest presence in this Northern Municipality, ”said the authorities.
Thus, the National Police made a lock plan to provide security in the municipality of Buenos Aires, Cauca, and try to find those responsible.
This new attack in Cauca adds to the recent attacks that the region has suffered. On Wednesday, April 30, FARC dissidents, installed an explosive and an allusive banner to the FARC dissidents in the north of Cauca.
“These terrorists installed these elements near the entrance of the Carabineros and Canine Guides Unit of our institutionlocated in a state of this road, north of here of Popayán, everything indicates that they sought to affect the colleagues who work in this part of the city, ”said the National Police.
On Saturday, April 26, a police patrolman was killed by a sniper. The murdered uniformed was Víctor Manuel Sánchez Zapata.
“A policeman, oh, killed him, killed him, killed him,” he heard in the recording, while shouting are heard in the background, which reflects the fear that witnesses of the murder felt.
“We are on the highest alert, with telling him that despite the fact that I am an official that I owe they remain in civil The country of Cali.
In addition, in a joint operation between the National Army and the National Police, He was captured in Cauca one of the leaders of the dissidents of “Iván Bite” that was identified as “Patiño”, a member of the Dagoberto Ramos column.
In the operation, a vehicle from the Western Energy Company was recovered that had been stolen in the Pan -American Way; In addition, a rifle, a gun and ammunition was seized.
According to General Alirio Aponte, commander of Brigade 29 of the National Army, “Patiño” was in charge of recruiting and training minors to steal vehicles in the region.
Likewise, the authorities indicated that recruited minors also receive Missions to commit attacks against the civilian population and the military forces in the area.
“We can relate it to facts such as the attack against Inpec personnel on the Pan -American road in October 2024, the theft of UNP trucks and terrorist actions in Tunía, Morales and Persndamó,” said Colonel Giovanni Torres, commander of the Cauca Police Department.
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