With 8,000 soldiers in military control operations and more than 800 specifically at road checkpoints, army works to improve the safety of travelers.
Thousands of people are transported by the roads of the department of Cundinamarca during this Christmas and New Year's celebration. For this reason, the soldiers of the Thirteenth Brigade of the National Army, within the framework of the Travel confident, your Army is on the Road campaign, will be led in an operation that will cover the main road routes of Cundinamarca and the entrances and exits of Bogotá.
Cundinamarca has multiple tourist destinations that are frequented during the end of the year celebrations, not only by the capital city inhabitants, but by people who come from other regions of the country, so the National Army in the same way complements the Christmas Plan of the Governorate of the department.
Thus, efforts are unified on the part of the authorities in a coordinated work, which is not focused only on the roads, but in the same way on providing general safety conditions throughout the department and its surrounding areas.
The main intention is to work to improve the tranquility and mobility of travelers, for which our men and women will be carrying out military control tasks on the main roads, to prevent any irregular situation, in a joint and coordinated work with the National Police, through 32 checkpoints.
The Cundinamarca Military Gaula (Anti-Extortion and Anti-Kidnapping Group) will in the same way be accompanying the checkpoints distributing the message of the I do not pay I denounce campaign, in order to prevent crimes such as kidnapping and extortion, which tend to increase at this time of year when the extra payments are received and trade intensifies.
The National Army in the same way invites citizens to report any emergency or irregular situation through the toll-free lines #767 and 147 of the Military Gaula.
Source: Press - National Army
