The Military Forces engaged combats against individuals who would be members of the residual Organized Armed Group, GAO-r, Structure 33, in the municipality of Teorama; there a Soldier was killed.
As part of the operation against the residual GAO, the National Army, in a joint operation with the Colombian Air Force, coordinated with the National Police and Inter-institutional with the Attorney General's Office, struck the residual GAO, Structure 33. There one of its members was killed during military operations and it was possible to recover three minors and arrest a woman.
It was established by the authorities that, as a result of the armed confrontation, the threat of alias Leonaver or el Negro was neutralized. He would be the ringleader of that group and planed and committed terrorist acts against civilians, the strategic assets of the State and the Military Forces that work in this area of the department.
For minors, the route of care was activated with the beginning of the process of restoration of their rights.
The military operation was carried out in the municipality of Vijagual, in Teorama, where abundant war material was found, such as small firearms, long weapons, accompanying weapons, magazines and military accessories.
Just as the maneuvers to extract those arrested were being conducted, our Soldier Jeison Estiven Gracia Cedeño was killed, who, despite the efforts of the combat nurses to keep him alive, unfortunately died.
This Command sends a message of condolences to the family of our hero, who gave his life in the fight against those organized armed groups that seek to undermine the tranquility of the inhabitants of North-western Region of Norte de Santander.
The operation is a blunt blow against all illegal armed structures, reporting in total the death in the course of military operations of six of its members and 11 arrests, in addition, the finding of war material and military accessories, neutralizing the intentions of perpetrating terrorist operations and activities to strengthen their finances through drug trafficking, extortion and fuel trafficking.
Source: press-National Army
