Kfir and Super Tucano aircraft They carried out a bombing at dawn this Sunday against a camp in which there were more than 20 members of the dissidents of the 33rd Front. The action It was executed in the Catatumbo region and it is about the fourth air operation launched during the government of President Abelardo De La Espriella.
For several weeks, military and police intelligence agencies They followed the movements of members of the 33rd Frontfrom the wing of ‘Calarcá’, until locate a camp on the borders between Tibú and El Tarra. The information collected made it possible to prepare the operation against the place.
Around one in the morning this Sunday, FAC aircraft carried out the air operation that, according to the first reports known by EL TIEMPO, leaves three dead and war material and mayor seized.
The bombing occurred in Catatumbo against the ELN. Photo:Courtesy
During the early morning, The explosions were heard in different places of the region and several videos that began to circulate on social networks they recorded the sound of the detonations attributed to the air attack.
In the morning hours today, Military Forces troops landed in the sector and They began to enter the attack zone for check the results of the operationestablish the number of dead people and recover the material found.
Until now too seizure of war material reported and mayor’s office, whose inventory is being consolidated by the units that remain on the ground.
Second operation in Catatumbo in two months
The attack against the 33rd Front is the second bombing that It takes place in the Catatumbo region since the arrival of De La Espriella to the Presidency, on August 7.
The first was executed on August 10 against positions of the National Liberation Army (ELN), an organization that maintains presence in Norte de Santander and that from the beginning of 2025 maintains a confrontation with dissidents of the 33rd Front.
Weapons seized in the bombing of ‘Mordisco’ in Guaviare. Photo:Courtesy
The other two air operations They were developed in the department of Guaviare. One was directed against structures commanded by alias Calarcá and the other against those commanded by alias Iván Mordisco, two of the main leaders of the FARC dissidents.
In total, The last three operations left more than 40 deadincluding six minors, which triggered a series of protections against the bombings.
The 33rd Front, target of this Sunday’s bombing, is part of the dissident structures of the FARC that They maintain a presence in this area of the country. His confrontation with the ELN has been related to disputes over runners territories and the economies derived from drug trafficking.
Bombing in Guaviare. Photo:Courtesy
to this situation attacks with drones loaded with explosives are addedused by armed organizations during combat. These devices have caused harm to the civilian population and have become another of the means used in the confrontation that It extends through municipalities such as Tibú, El TarraTeorama, Convention and other sectors of Norte de Santander.
The operation also occurs six days later about what The Government will announce the creation of the Task Force Conjoint Uranus, a unit that integrates capabilities of the Army, the Navy, the Aerospace Force and the Police to develop actions against armed organizations and illicit economies in the northeast of the country.
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