Colombia Conducts Operation Mars Bombing Against the “Gulf Clan” · Global Voices

In a joint operation between the National Police and the Attorney General's Office, 11 alleged members of the Clan del Golfo and Los Primos criminal groups were captured in Magdalena municipalities such as Fundación, Aracataca, El Retén, and Pivijay. In addition, two teenagers were apprehended, and new arrest warrants were issued for their arrests in prisons. According to Colonel Javier Duarte, commander of the Magdalena Police Department, the i…

Given the increase in the activity of criminal gangs in Colombia, the government has been increasing operations against the various illegal groups, which led to Operation Mars being carried out by Colombian Air Force and Colombian Army aircraft on the night of March 23. The objective of the operation was against the leaders of the “Clan del Golfo”, one of the most important criminal groups in Colombia, which operates mainly in the northwest of C…