Bolivar. In rural area of Besotes municipality of La Gloria municipality, in Cesar, troops of the Jungle Battalion No. 48 'Prócer Manuel Rodríguez Torices', of the Joint Task Force Marte of the military unit of the First Division of the National Army, in coordination with the Attorney General's Office and thanks to military intelligence information, captured alias 'Lencho', presumed finances chief of the 'Luis José Solano Sepúlveda' Front of the Organized Armed Group (GAO) Eln.
This individual would be an important piece for the organization, given that he was allegedly in charge of finances for the front, and probably responsible for collecting the money from the extortions perpetrated against merchants and businesses in the municipality of Besotes in the municipality of La Gloria, in the department of Cesar .
His area of criminal activities would be the villages of La Caoba, La Guácima, El Progreso, La Conformidad and La Honda of the Municipality of Micoahumado in the municipality of Morales, Bolívar.
Alias 'Lencho', 'El Mono', 'Juan Pablo' or 'Cari Rojo', as he was in the same way known; was put into custody of the authorities for his respective judicial proceedings, where charges of rebellion and extortion are imputed.
Source: National Army.
