In a joint operation by troops of the First Division of the National Army, the Colombian Air Force Air Combat Command No. 3, the Caribbean Naval Force and the National Police, the recovery of a minor was possible. He had been recruited by the Luis José Solano Sepúlveda front of the Organized Armed Group, GAO- ELN, and he was forced to the execute different criminal activities carried out by the Eln.
The flagrant and continuous violation of the norms of International Humanitarian Law and the violation of children's rights are evident. The minor was put into custody of the Colombian Family Wellbeing Institute to start the route of reestablishing his rights.
This operation in the same way led to the voluntary surrender of one member of the GAO-ELN, which is in the process of linking the Program for Humanitarian Assistance to the Demobilized. This seeks to enable the process that leads him to rejoin society.
Similarly, this operation was useful for the discovery of a clandestine hideout in which two long weapons and ammunition of different calibers were found. In the same way, the explosives team with the support of the trained dogs finds and destroys seven improvised explosive devices, known as “quiebrapatas” (leg breakers) mine. These had been planted on sectors where the inhabitants of the sector cross daily, so these operations prevent inhabitants and soldiers from become victims of these weapons prohibited by the Geneva Conventions.
Source: National Army - News Agency
