A woman, who was part of an organized crime group of foreigners, who were sowing fear in the municipality of Natagaima, posing as alleged members of the extinct Iván Ríos 13th Front.
The military control of the area in the department of Tolima, by the Sixth Brigade and its battalions, led to the realization of important arrests in Tolima territory, including the arrest of a woman of Venezuelan nationality, by the Military Gaula (Anti-Extortion and Anti-Kidnapping Group) and Huila Police, on the borders of Tolima and Huila, who was part of an organized gang, posing as a member of the extinct Iván Ríos 13th Front, to carry out extortion and intimidation of the inhabitants of the rural area of Natagaima. This group is in the same way responsible for recently graffiti a truck with initials of said group to generate fear among the inhabitants.
By means of this arrest, together with the identification of other members who intend to intimidate with the supposed resurgence of this Front, a message of tranquility is sent to the inhabitants of this part of the south of Tolima, especially the village of La Palmita; people are invited to denounce through the toll-free line 147 any attempt at extortion in its different modalities.
In the same way noteworthy is the arrest of a woman in the municipality of Lérida, by the Military Gaula (Anti-Extortion and Anti-Kidnapping Group) Tolima, who several months ago, through telephone calls and posing as a member of the Military Forces, was extorting merchants from this part of the northern Tolima.
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During these festivities, 102 checkpoints were installed, with 411 men and 15 platoons of the different battalions on the main roads of Tolima. In these operations and those regularly carried out by the soldiers of the Sixth Brigade in the 47 municipalities, 4 people were arrested in flagrante delicto for different crimes and 3 by court order; weapons, cell phones and narcotics were found by troops.
Source: National Army - Fifth Division Press
