The material found would be used by this criminal structure for armed confrontations over illegal territorial control. In the middle of the operations, two members of that Organized Armed Group, GAO, surrendered to justice, one of them was injured as a result of operations against other illegal groups.
Within the framework of operations of the Ayacucho Joint Strategic Campaign Plan, and as part of the operations conducted during this week, the Military Forces found in the last few hours three illegal hiding places with abundant war material and achieved the surrender of two alleged members of the GAO Clan del Golfo.
The events took place in the village El Dorado and in the sector of Mina Seis, a rural area of the municipality of Montecristo. The troops arrived there, and, after conducting a search of the places found the weaponry that would belong to the Erlín Pino Duarte substructure, of the GAO Clan del Golfo that commits crimes there which would be one of the causes of the armed confrontation that has left several families forcibly displaced.
As a result of the operational effort, the troops of Colombian National Army, the Navy and the Aerospace Force found two rifles, four pistols, a 60mm caliber mortar, a 60mm grenade, more than 5000 units of ammunition of different calibers, 21 communications radios, a rifle scope, magazines and military accessories material.
Similarly, in the middle of the movement of the troops, a member of that organized armed group was found, who was seriously injured. Immediately the military combat nurses give him first aid and evacuate him in a helicopter to Santa Rosa del Sur, Bolivar. At this time, the individual receives medical assistance and is stable.
The other person will in the same way receive the benefits of the Humanitarian Assistance program for the Demobilized.
With this result, the criminal plans of the organized armed group, GAO, Clan del Golfo are significantly hit, striking its logistical and criminal structures that commit crimes in the south of Bolivar.
