This individual, who apparently participated in the attack perpetrated in 2020 against Colombian Navy units, in which three navy men were killed and four others were injured, was wanted by a warrant issued for the crimes of conspiracy to commit a crime, manufacturing, trafficking and carrying weapons and ammunition for the exclusive use of the Military Forces, homicide and terrorism, among others.
Thanks to the structured work of the Navy of Colombia, the National Army, the Colombian Air Force, the Police of Vichada and the Technical Body of Research of the Prosecutor General of the Nation, it was possible to capture alias The Indian Vatys, an alleged member of the network of support to the terrorism of the First Structure Armando Rios, the Group Santiago Lozada, of the dissidents of former Farc, who commits crimes in the municipalities of Güerima, Puerto Principe and Chupave, in the municipality of Cumaribo, Vichada.
This individual, who was captured when he was buying food in the urban area of the municipality of Cumaribo, would have participated in a terrorist operation on June 29, 2020, on the Uva River, in which three navy men were killed and four others were injured. The events occurred during a military operation against drug trafficking in a border area in eastern Colombia.
Alias El Indio Vatys was put into custody of the authorities.
With this important result, the First Structure of the residual Organized Armed Group has been hit, confirming once again the commitment of the authorities to counter the criminal operations of criminal groups in Eastern Colombia. In the same way, this unit invites the community to report promptly acts that threaten the peace and tranquility of the citizens in this area of the country to the phone of the Network of Civic participation of the Naval Force of the East 313 215 9779.
Source: press-Colombian Navy
