In 2025, the Ayacucho Battalion has carried out six military operations against this environmental problem, which has resulted in loses of almost 1,200 million pesos.&nbsp

These powerful operations have generated economic damage exceeding 27,000 million pesos to the Organized Armed Group, GAO, Clan del Golfo.

In the village of La Balastra, municipality of Nátaga, west of Huila, the coordinated operation conducted by the Pigoanza Battalion of the Ninth Brigade and the Anti-Narcotics Police countered

There were five feared terrorists who led the criminal revenues from illegal mining, kidnapping, extortion and targeted killings in the inhabitants and Military Forces in this important region.

Through this illicit activity, they extracted approximately 1650 grams of gold per month, with an estimated cost of 511 million pesos.

With more than 2,500 men, this unit consolidates as a strategic component to ensure a safe environment in this region of the country.

This coca complex would belong to the Yeison Leudo Chaverra Substructure, which has criminal interference in this sector of the Bajo Cauca in Antioquia subregion.

The minors were put into custody of the Colombian Family Wellbeing Institute for the restoration of their rights.

During the military operation, 12 people were arrested; troops also disabled machinery they used to carry out activities focused on the illicit exploitation of mining deposits.

As part of Operation Perseo, the Third Division of Colombian National Army deployed more than 400 soldiers with special resources to strengthen the operation against organized arme