The Minister of Defense, Diego Molano rejected what happened in the municipality of Río Blanco, rural area of the municipality of Dagua, where three soldiers lost their lives, one was wounded four more beaten by explosive wave, during the attack in a minefield, in early hours of Thursday, September 24.
The head of the Ministry of Defence expressed his condolences to the families of the soldiers who died and expressed solidarity with the wounded.
“We will not allow these groups to continue to intimidate the inhabitants of Valle de Cauca and we announce that operations will intensify against these Farc dissidents such as the residual GAO Jaime Martínez and the Adán Izquierdo.
He in the same way highlighted that this is the purpose of the soldiers of the National Army; that is top continue and intensify operations against these criminal organizations such as the dissidents of the Farc, which through the use of this drug trafficking route have sought to strike the good physical condition of the Military Forces, the Minister said.
Finally, the Minister assured that the air support that had not been able to enter the territory where the events occurred, due to weather problems, have already arrived, and all the assistance is being given to the wounded and the urgent operations are being carried out with the Judicial Police.
Source: Defence Sector Communications Office - Ministry of National Defence
