Troops of the Magdalena Military Gaula (Anti-Extortion and Anti-Kidnapping Group) in coordination with Elite Group 2 and the Gaula (Anti-Extortion and Anti-Kidnapping Group) of the National Police, troops arrested 18 members of the Organized Armed Group, GAO, Clan del Golfo, substructure Erlin Pino Duarte.
As part of the Perseo Plan, in simultaneous operations in the municipalities of El Banco - Magdalena, Valledupar - Cesar, Bucaramanga - Santander and San Juan del Cesar - in La Guajira, the Military Gaula (Anti-Extortion and Anti-Kidnapping Group) carried out tactical search and search missions against this criminal structure in charge of coordinating extortion, targeted killings and drug trafficking.
After an eight-month intelligence work, it was possible to materialize the arrest warrants of these 18 people including the individual who responds to the alias Messi, who would serve as the second ringleader of the Erlin Pino Duarte substructure.
In the same way, among those arrested are alias Chuky, alias Ciro and alias Pecueca in charge of carrying out extortions, selective homicides and drug trafficking management, which generated fear to the inhabitants of this area of the country.
In the operation, war and communications material was in the same way found, which was put into custody of the Specialized Prosecutor's Office 1 of Gaula - Santa Marta to conduct the urgent acts of prosecution.
Citizens are invited to report these crimes on the national hotline 147 that serves 24 hours and with coverage throughout the national territory, since the 32 Military Gaula units are available throughout the country.
Source: Military Gaula Press
