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San José Del Guaviare · San José Del GuaviareA splinter militant faction of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) known as Estado Mayor Central (FARC-EMC) have taken a re-escalatory step in the Colombian conflict. On August 11th, 2024, around 100 Colombian soldiers were kidnapped in San José del Guaviare by a “campesino guard” (rural militia) under the orders of Fabián Guillermo Espinoza, also known as “Cancharino.” The kidnapping occurred while Colombian soldiers were conducti…See the Story
100 Colombian soldiers kidnapped by FARC splinter group
Meta · GuaviareLast night 32 soldiers were surrounded by peasants in the vicinity of Meta and Guaviare. The community said it was in response to an irregular bridge being blown up by the police and that they were using to cross the Chiribiquete National Park. The troops of the Omega Joint Task Force evaded the encirclement after several hours of mediation. In addition to the bridge, they dismantled a road and two coca laboratories in Chiribiquete. Both Environ…See the Story
After being held in Guaviare, the army destroyed FARC dissident laboratories
San José Del Guaviare · San José Del GuaviareSergio Rodríguez was part of the Army for more than 20 years. In his last three years, he reported a case of corruption in his battalion and his life turned upside down. As part of the special “25 Stories of Hope”, promoted by Transparency for Colombia on the occasion of the national day against corruption, Rodríguez told his testimony from exile about his experience denouncing corruption in Colombia: I come from a military family, I lived in Bo…See the Story
“It's a national culture to be corrupt and changing that culture is something that takes a long time”: Sergio Rodríguez
San José Del Guaviare · San José Del GuaviareFor three days, 98 soldiers from the Army's Omega Task Force were held by a peasant guard in San José del Guaviare. Both the Defense and Interior Ministers have insisted that they were kidnappings by the Central General Staff (EMC) under the command of “Calarcá”. For his part, Diomedes Torres, a peasant leader from Guaviare, said in an interview with W Radio that they were not kidnappings, but detentions. He even described the statements of the …See the Story
“It's not kidnapping”: Guaviare leader on retaining soldiers
Guaviare · GuaviareFor three days, 98 soldiers from the Army's Omega Task Force were held by a peasant guard in Guaviare, in southern Colombia. The event generated another crisis in the negotiation processes between the national government and the dissent of the Central General Staff (EMC), which is present in the area. And, in addition, it showed a fracture within the Executive itself: while the Defense Minister said that it was a kidnapping and that the peasants…See the Story
72 hours of tension: the retention of soldiers in Guaviare
San José Del Guaviare · San José Del GuaviareNearly a hundred Colombian soldiers were carrying out an operation in the vicinity of San José del Guaviare, in the south of the country, when they were held by men who identified themselves as members of the peasant guard. The events took place on Friday, August 9, while national attention focused on the medals won at the Paris Olympic Games by weightlifters Yeison López and Mari Leivis Sánchez. More than 60 of them are still being held this Mo…See the Story
Cross-version in the Government about the 60 Guaviare soldiers: two ministers call it a kidnapping; a chief negotiator calls it retention
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Military Operations · San José Del GuaviareIn declarations to the press, Gonzalez said that the retention of the 60 soldiers in the hands of the so-called Guardia Campesina in a rural zone of San Jose del Guaviare does not respond to a military operation coordinated by the Jorge Suarez Briceño bloc, an armed group with which there is a ceasefire and currently under the command of alias Calarca. According to him, those who are holding the soldiers are seeking to draw attention to the f…See the Story
Retention of Colombian soldiers will be resolved soon
San José Del Guaviare · San José Del GuaviareThis Sunday, the Colombian Government warned the guerrillas of the Central General Staff of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) that it will suspend the ceasefire agreed with regard to the Jorge Suárez Briceño Bloc if the 60 soldiers held in San José del Guaviare for three days are not released. “The continued kidnapping of soldiers in San José del Guaviare will force us to reconsider the ceasefire with the Jorge Suárez Briceño blo…See the Story
