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Army Re-Established Contact with Missing Soldiers in Guaviare

Summary by La Silla Vacía
What are we talking about? Two platoons of the Army’s Number 24 Jungle Infantry Battalion, which make up some 60 soldiers, remained missing since the night of May 8 in rural El Returnno, Guaviare. This morning, El Tiempo reported that the troops lost communication while mobilizing in areas with the presence of “Mordisco” and “Calarcá” structures, which are disputed by the rural corridors of the department. The newspaper reported concern within t…
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Army locates the 64 soldiers who remained incommunicado in the jungle of the Guaviare Agencia Period... Lun, 11/05/2026 - 20:34 The two platoons had been silent for several days in the middle of operations against the dissidences of the Farc. Tags Regions

The National Army confirmed on Monday that it was able to restore communication with the 66 soldiers who had been held incommunicado since last Friday, May 8, while carrying out military operations in rural areas of the municipality of El Returnno, in the department of Guaviare. The uniforms, belonging to the Infantry Battalion of Selva No. 24, were conducting patrols in the midst of difficult weather conditions when contact was lost with the tw…

What are we talking about? Two platoons of the Army’s Number 24 Jungle Infantry Battalion, which make up some 60 soldiers, remained missing since the night of May 8 in rural El Returnno, Guaviare. This morning, El Tiempo reported that the troops lost communication while mobilizing in areas with the presence of “Mordisco” and “Calarcá” structures, which are disputed by the rural corridors of the department. The newspaper reported concern within t…

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La Silla Vacía broke the news on Monday, May 11, 2026.
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