The Navy of Colombia continues to conduct its operations against the organized armed groups that commit crimes in the municipality of Juradó - Chocó, with the firm purpose of safeguarding law and order and protecting the indigenous communities, which have been hit by the operations of these groups, whose only objective is to finance themselves with drug trafficking.
The permanent presence of the troops of the Marine Infantry Battalion No.23, of the Marine Infantry Brigade No.2, has generated direct confrontations with the organized armed groups in the northern area of the municipality of Juradó. These groups try to maintain their illicit trafficking routes on the border. These confrontations up to now carried outed in a contiguous area very close to the indigenous reservation sector of Santa Teresita, is precisely where the Marine Infantry troops are working to protect the indigenous towns, always guaranteeing the safety of the civilian population.
Operations of the Navy of Colombia in the area, will be permanent in this route of mobility of drug trafficking, maintaining the revision and checking procedures, to confirm intelligence information daily so that these criminals do not enter the communities’ territories protected by the Security forces.
The troops permanently take care of the community and its assets, maintaining communication with the inhabitants of the region and fulfilling the call to safeguard the physical condition of the communities, as it has been well established in the constant security councils.
After the confrontations, the Colombian Navy troops conducted a search in the area, in which they found two camp areas, one of the ELN and another of the GAO “Clan del Golfo”, one kilometer of the site of the clashes. These constructions were destroyed. It is presumed that this Organized Armed Group is fleeing towards the border with Panama, so the coordination with the neighboring country is already being carried out.
Source: Pacific Naval Force
