The Military Hospital of Bogotá activated the planned protocols to provide support in this kind of situation and thus provide the necessary medical support for their recovery.
At the end of the afternoon of this Tuesday, September 17, in two aircraft of the Colombian Aerospace Force, 18 members of Colombian National Army arrived in Bogotá, who were injured in the terrorist attack perpetrated by the Eln in Puerto Jordan, Arauca.
The General Commander of the Military Forces, Admiral Francisco Hernando Cubides Granados, accompanied by his General Staff, arrived at the Central Military Hospital, in the locality of Chapinero, to verify the state of health and the assistance that his men are receiving.
According to the initial assessments of doctors and specialists, four members of the Military Forces are in critical condition and the remaining 14 are stable under observation and multidisciplinary management in the emergency department.
In the same way, eight more soldiers are in wellbeing centers in Arauca and Tame.
All the injured military have permanent monitoring by doctors and specialists in order to provide them with the best care and works to ensure their speedy recovery.
In the same way, Admiral Cubides Granados sent a heartfelt message of condolences of the institution to the families of specialist soldiers Julián Patiño Arango and Bayron Andrés Correa Vargas, killed in that criminal operation perpetrated by the Eln.
The high rank officer highlighted that the military operation against the illegal group Eln is continuous, which is why a special operation was conducted in the area of the events to strengthen the operations that have been underway against the criminals who planned and executed this cowardly operation against the security and well-being of the communities of the department of Arauca.
