There was a second plan to attack Duque in Bogotá, defense ministry says

A los details sobre el plan para atentar contra la vida del presidente de Colombia Iván Duque, revealed in the mañana de este sábado por el Gobierno nacional, recientemente them sumó a nuevo dato revelado por el ministro de Defensa, Diego Molano Aponte, quien en press conference He assured that that of Cúcuta was not the only attack planned against the president.

“The information brought to light in the investigation processes is that aimed to affect the life of the president not only in Cúcuta but also at the entrance to BogotáSaid the official, who pointed out that this second attempt was also thought to have been designed by retired national army captain Andrés Fernando Medina Rodríguez alias ‘el Capi’, who was captured mid-week by the authorities Colombian.

Likewise, Molano pointed out that the ex-serviceman, along with the Farc Front 33 dissident group, had also devised plans to Attacks against the Norte de Santander police headquarters, the Cúcuta police and the public prosecutor of the same city, as well as to carry out an attack with drones against the structures of the public force in charge of the operation Esparta in the municipality of Tibú, also in this department.

His voice was joined by the Director of the National Police, General Jorge Luis Vargas, who stressed that “the possibility that they are in planning of other terrorist attacks, in particular against the police and the prosecution», It became obvious after taking the captures on Thursday, July 22.

It should be remembered that the alias the ‘Heads‘, also ordered the attack on the 30th Army Brigade and, apparently, he gave information to the shooters to attack the helicopter of President Iván Duque on June 25 in Sardinata (Norte de Santander). He is not alone and in fact had the support of at least 10 people from the aforementioned 33 Front.

Between these, They are alias ‘Ciro’, close to ‘Jhon Mechas’. Both allegedly participated in terrorist acts as they passed through dissidents of the 33rd Farc front in Catatumbo and the northeastern capital of Santander where the car bomb exploded. Ciro was part of the National Protection Unit (UNP) and would have been part of the logistics, acquiring communication elements and uniforms. Authorities confirmed he was riding the motorcycle he fled on with Medina after the bomb exploded in Brigade 30, Blu Radio said.

The other member is Edison Durán Ascanio alias ‘Ascanio‘, who belonged to the Farc and was there as an explosivistThis is why, according to the station, he was in charge of preparing the vehicle for the battalion attack and he also fired at the presidential helicopter.

Whoever bought the car that exploded in the Brigade and the motorcycle Medina fled in would have been Joaquín Medina, alias ‘Juaquín’, who is the father of the alias ‘Capi’. His lawyer, Luis Alberto Rodríguez, who also represents the pseudonym “Capi”, told El Tiempo that he was seeking a preliminary agreement with the prosecutor’s office, that is, accepting charges to receive charges. advantages such as a possible reduction in sentence.

Other names known to this day are Fredy Esteban Maldonado, alias “Pancho”, Geraldine Fiayo Torrado, aka ‘Geraldine’, Yeferson Román Gamboa, alias ‘Romain’, Vladimir Acosta Pérez, alias “Yimmy” and Yeison Herminio Bernal Rincón, aka “Yeison”.

With all this, Minister Molano warned that the measures in Norte de Santander will be reinforced with the birth of the Specific command of Norte de Santander with 14,000 men of the Colombian national army dismantle the 33rd FARC Dissident Front and the continuity of Operation San José, which provides military assistance and the deployment of law enforcement to guarantee the security of Cúcuta and the border area.

“You can be sure that the Force Publique will continue to act with force, there will be no hiding place that we cannot reach to end the 33rd Dissident Front and with ‘John Mechas’, “the senior official said.

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