The Colombian military high command attributed the offensive to the National Liberation Army (ELN), recognized as the last guerrilla in the country.
In a first action, soldier Faider Martínez lost his life due to the explosives that hit an army post in the municipality of Chiriguana, in the department of Cesar.
Shortly after, another base was attacked in the neighboring town of Aguachica. Two soldiers were injured “considerably,” the army said in a report delivered to the media.
A third attack was recorded in the municipality of Ocaña, in the department of Norte de Santander, bordering Venezuela.
Seven artifacts reached the Santander Battalion. A non-commissioned officer was injured and the base suffered “some considerable damage,” the head of the army in that region, General Omar Sepúlveda, told W Radio, blaming “ELN bandits” for the attack.
The ELN claimed on Twitter to have attacked four other military installations in Colombia during the early hours of the morning.
All the bases are less than 100 kilometers from the border with Venezuela, where according to the government of Ivan Duke Colombian armed groups take refuge with the approval of the government of Nicholas Maduro.
Caracas has always denied the accusations. Both countries broke diplomatic relations shortly after Duque came to power in Colombia, in August 2018.
Violence in the border area has left dozens dead since the beginning of the year.
According to General Sepúlveda, there are also operations in the area FARC guerrilla dissidents, which departed from the peace pact signed in 2016, and the Clan del Golfo, the main drug gang in the country.
These organizations fight over the drug trafficking and smuggling routes on the porous 2,200-kilometer border.
Colombia is experiencing the worst outbreak of violence since the disarmament of what was once the most powerful guerrilla in the Americas. Armed groups fight for control of remote regions where the FARC used to operate.
Source From: Ambito
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