The material found would be used to carry out terrorist attacks in the south-west of the country and for the illegal exploitation of mining sites.
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Thanks to the work carried out by the military intelligence and through a checkpoint in El Cofre, Cajib铆o municipality, in the department of Cauca, troops of the Twenty-ninth Brigade and the Mechanized Cavalry Group No.8, of the Third Division of the National Army, in compliance with the Heroes of Freedom Campaign Plan and in a coordinated work with the Transit and Transportation Police, in Cauca, find explosives and captured two individuals.
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At approximately 10 a.m. on the Pan-American Highway, the soldiers were carrying out a checkpoint. They made the stop signal to two people who were traveling in a truck, heading to Cali, Valle del Cauca. Upon inspection of the vehicle, they found a double-bottom compartment, where they found approximately 11 kilometers of security fuse, nearly 4,000 non electric detonators and 260 encapsulated explosive emulsion sticks.
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The individuals, the car and the explosives were put into custody of the authorities.
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Source: National Army News Agency