Residual Organized Armed Group (GAO-r) Alfonso Cano Block.
The Colombian Navy within the framework of operations coordinated with the National Police, reported the arrest of four individuals of Colombian nationality who were transporting more than 750 million pesos without justifying their origin, on board a ship that was traveling suspiciously along the Mejicano River, Punto Tibio village, San Andrés de Tumaco district, Nariño department.
The operation involved the participation of units of the Navy Infantry River Battalion No. 40 and of the Military Gaula (Anti-Extortion and Anti-Kidnapping Group) Tumaco, supported by a unit of the Coast Guard Station of Tumaco, who, guided by information provided by Naval Intelligence, carried out the interception of the ship, which was crewed by four individuals, who upon noticing the activity of the authorities tried to flee. However, thanks to the quick reaction, the interception was made possible. During the operation, $750,050,000 COP were found by troops inside, money whose origin was not justified by the occupants of the same, being arrested.
According to the initial investigations, it is presumed that these resources would belong to the Robinson Mosquera group of the Residual Organized Armed Group (GAO-r) Alfonso Cano Bloc, an illegal structure that commits crimes in this region of the country.
The four arrested, along with the money found, were taken to the military installations of Tumaco, where officials of the Attorney General's Office conducted the corresponding legal procedures for their prosecution.
The Colombian Navy reaffirms its commitment to the protection of the inhabitants and the security of the Colombian Pacific region, through the permanent deployment of its units and the direct loss to the finances of the organized armed groups that commit crimes in the region.
Source: Press – Navy of Colombia
