Colombian President Gustavo Peterhe ordered bomb into the faction of the Central General Staff (TsGS), the largest FARC dissidents, following a drone attack carried out by the group in the department of Cauca (southwest), which injured civilians and soldiers.

“By bombing civilians, the Navy forces us, on the principle of proportionality, to bomb their forces. I send you a message: defeat greed and make peace for the Colombian people,” the president wrote in X about this decision, unprecedented in his two years in office.

The EMC attack occurred after The Army will begin Operation Perseus this morning. regain control of El Plateado, a city that is the main stronghold of the EMU and is located in the municipality of Argelia.

The Department of Defense clarified that the military is using “special forces, aircraft and artillery capabilities” such as tanks for this operation, and issued wanted notices for seven leaders of the Carlos Patiño group of EMC, including its main leader Anderson Andrey. Vargas Sanz, aka Kevin.

In this sense, the authorities managed to arrest two alleged dissidents Carlos Patiño, as well as confiscate “rifles, ammunition and explosive devices.”

“Added to this is the possible neutralization (death) of several individuals belonging to this group, information that is confirmed by intelligence work,” the army added in an X message this afternoon.

There are more of them 1,400 soldiers arrived in the area. in order to guarantee the safety of more than 8,000 people living in El Plateado, which is part of the municipality of Argelia.

Silver, one of the strongholds of the EMC part

For several years now, El Plateado has been one of the strongholds of the part of the EMC led by the alias Ivan Mordisco that does not negotiate peace, and a key area of ​​territorial control as a step in the drug trade that leaves Colombia across the Pacific Ocean.

For this reason, its residents live in constant anxiety due to attacks carried out by this armed group and clashes with the army.

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Government and bombings

Since coming to power in August 2022, Peter has changed policy against illegal armed groups by suspending bombings, a tactic that has worked against guerrillas but has been heavily criticized for the casualties among the recruited minors the president described to them. as victims of conflict.

The bombings sparked controversy as, according to leftist Senator Iván Cepeda, at least 29 minors were killed in bombs dropped by Colombia’s armed forces against dissident camps of the FARC, Clan del Golfo and National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas. ) during the reign of Iván Duque, which began in 2018 and ended on August 7, 2022. (EFE)