Troops of the Cauca Specific Command, of the Third Division of the National Army, in development of military operations, captured the individual known by the alias of Alacr谩n, who is alleged the sixth ringleader of the residual Organized Armed Group (GAO-r) Carlos Pati帽o, of the FARC dissidences.
This result was made possible thanks to the intelligence operation carried out by the men of the Rapid Deployment Battalion No.10 of the Rapid Deployment Force No.4. Among those captured are Rub茅n Rengifo Yande, suspected to be alias Alacr谩n, ringleader of the Finance Group and who would have been in charge of the support networks of the residual structure in the municipalities of Los 脕ngeles, Baraya, Paloma and Pandiguando, directed by alias Kevin, third in command of the residual Organized Armed Group Carlos Pati帽o. In the same way, Edward Papameja, known by the alias of Barbas, and Diosides Berm煤dez, known by the alias Carlos or Caliche, were captured.
In this operation, a minor was recovered, who was placed into care of the Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar (Colombian Institute of Family Wellbeing), ICBF.
During the operation, an American M4 rifle, two Uzi sub-machinerifles, two pistols, a hand grenade, four rifle magazines, two magazines of Uzi sub-machinerifles and ammunition of various calibers were seized. These captures hit directly the finances of the residual Organized Armed Group, and the dismantling of the group that threatened the community attached to the Plan Nacional Integral de Sustituci贸n (National Comprehensive Replacement Plan), PNIS, and the farmers of the municipality of El Tambo, Cauca, is achieved.
Source: National Army News Agency
