Soldiers of the Humanitarian Demining Engineers Battalion No.5, carried out the official presentations of Villagarzón, Putumayo, as a municipality free of suspicion of explosive devices.
Members of the Military Forces cleared 48,171 square meters, implementing the manual demining technique, destroying three anti-personnel mines and six unexploded ordnance.
74,639 square meters were in the same way presented with Non-Technical Studies where the information provided by the municipal file and the community was indispensable.
81 sectors were intervened during three years, benefiting more than 20,000 inhabitants of the villages: Bajo Eslabón, El Desierto, El Naranjito, Islandia, Villa Hermosa, La Kofania, Villa Luz, Las Minas, Las Palmas, San Rafael, Albania, Simón Bolívar; San Fidel, San Vicente del Palmar, San Miguel de la Castellana, La Cabaña, El Carmen, Alto Alguacil, Brisas del Mocoa, Alemania, La Paz, San Isidro, Villa Colombia, La Gaitana, La Palestina, Villa Santa Ana, San Vicente de Villa Rica, Santa Juliana del Guineo, La Esperanza, San José del Guineo, La Cafelina, Canagucho, Brisas de San Vicente, Uchupayaco, San Luis de Guachatacho, Rio Blanco, La Mariposa, Buen Vista, Monte Líbano, Villa Lucero, Champagnat, El Danubio, El Porvenir, Alto Eslabón, Alto Sinaí, Las Vegas, Oroyaco, Urcusique, La Florida, Las Payas, Santa Rosa de Juanambú, San Pablo, Altamira, La Castellana, Rupasca, Santa Teresa del Vides, La Vetulia, Sinaí Vides, Santa Marta, Playa Larga, La Cumbre, Paraíso, Morelia, Florida, Siloé, Alto Charguayaco, El Progreso, Bajo Corazón, Alto Corazón, Miravalle, Tigres del Alto and the urban area of the municipality.
At the moment, Mocoa, Santiago and Villagarzón are the three territories that have the declaration of decontaminated municipalities.
However, in the same region, the operation over Orito and Valle del Guamuez, continues to be conducted with the technique of manual demining.
Source: press-National Army
