Brigadier General Mario Contreras, Commander of the Thirtieth Brigade of Colombian National Army, will assume position as military commander for El Catatumbo, as said by Decree 118 of 2025, whi
About 200 members of the Community Police and 60 of the Children and Adolescents police have been brought in for close support work to the inhabitants of the five municipalities.
The Government of this department will invest more than $30,000 million in vehicles, drones, river patrols, software and equipment for the Military Forces and the Prosecutor's Office.
In the frame of the tour of the Ministry of National Defense, the Military and Police Commanders in the departments of Magdalena and Atlántico, Minister of Defense, Pedro Sánchez, led at the facili