The military operation carried out by Colombian National Army has heavily impacted the organized armed groups in the Southwestern subregion of the department.
Troops of the Infantry Battalion N.°11 of the Fourth Brigade of Colombian National Army, engaged battles against alleged members of the Edwin Román Velásquez Valle substructure, belonging to the organized armed group, GAO, Clan del Golfo. The events were reported in the village of Lourdes in the municipality of Jerico, department of Antioquia.
As a result of this operation, alias Alex and alias López were arrested in flagrante delicto, accused of being alleged members of said criminal substructure, who would be in charge of coordinating homicides in rural and urban areas of the municipality.
During the military operation it was possible to find magazines, cartridges of different calibers, elements for the elaboration of explosive devices, material of military accessories and cell phones.
Those arrested must face charges for the crime of manufacturing, trafficking and carrying firearms, ammunition for restricted and exclusive use of the Military Forces.
Source: Press - Seventh Division
