The vehicles ignored the signals to stop given to them from this improvised checkpoint, for which they were attacked “with long range firearms“, according to the presidential statement.
“One of the vehicles did not manage to pass the checkpoint and another was punctured. Two vehicles and a driver of the National Protection Unit (UNP)who was later released,” the statement continued.
They suspect the FARC dissidents
The authorities denied that they were missing and reported that the event ended without injuries or fatalities. Despite the fact that, for the moment, the dissidents of the disappeared guerrilla of the FARC They have not commented on the incident, several Colombian media attribute this action to him.
It must be remembered that in this area there is a presence of both the National Liberation Army (ELN) as well as dissidence, since the two groups dispute the territory due to its proximity to the border with Venezuela.
This delegation was carrying out reconnaissance work with a view to the displacement that President Gustavo Petro is scheduled to carry out this Friday to the municipality of El Tarra to attend a security council. Nonetheless, Casa Nariño has ruled out that the trip will be canceled.
Subsequently, the Colombian president himself has spoken about the event in a message on his official profile on Twitter in which he pointed out that this type of event must end in the country. “No more violence”, he has pointed out, adding that “the government will continue to insist that it is time for peace”.
Source: Ambito
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