They reveal new details about the explosion of a car bomb in Brigade 30 in Cúcuta

On Tuesday June 15 at noon, a Toyota Fortuner pick-up white entered the facilities of the Brigade 30 of the National Army, located in Cúcuta, north of Santander. Almost an hour and a half later, the vehicle had a first explosion and at 3:04 p.m. it had a second explosion which affected the site’s facilities and injured more than 30 soldiers.

In principle, Diego Molano, Minister of Defense, presented the hypothesis of a possible responsibility of the ELN in the attack. “The involvement of dissidents of the FARC, the residual GAO 33, is also a subject of investigation”, the government official added.

However, through a video, the ELN itself denied any responsibility for the attack. “The communications guerrilla salutes the Colombian people. We take the liberty of informing you that no structure of the National Liberation Army has to do with the attack that took place on Tuesday June 15 against Brigade 30 in the city of Cúcuta, Norte de Santander “, assures the guerrillas in the press release.

Regarding paternity, one hypothesis has remained firm as one of the main grounds for investigation by the authorities: soldiers or civilians could have been involved in the crime, in order to allow the van to enter. This has been confirmed by the Ministry of Defense and the military forces.

This, following the recording of the entrance of the white Toyota Fortuner which exploded inside the military base. It shows that the military officer in charge of the entry protocol briefly checks the trunk of the car and, later, lets him into an operation that lasted less than a minute. The car is not controlled with mirrors or explosive detection dogs.

According to Semana, the argument of Brigade 30 for not having the dogs was that they were tired and could not be put into service.

The same media assured that the soldier, who is the subject of an investigation by the authorities and the Military Forces, does not remember in detail the exchange he had with the driver of the truck when he been allowed to enter. Note that the two interact at the start and end of the short input protocol.

In addition, another detail that was not known is that said military base he had already been threatened. Since January, the General Inspectorate of the Army warned that the garrison was in the crosshairs of criminals for terrorist attacks.

Like the government, General Luis Fernando Navarro, commander of the military forces, is investigating the hypothesis that the men in uniform collaborated with the criminals responsible. According to Blu Radio, the institution is investigating whether there was action, omission, negligence or complicity on the part of the seven men in uniform who made up the base guard.

Faced with this, Francisco Barbosa, Attorney General, examines the flaws in the protocol. “We check and investigate whether or not the security protocols around which revenues are produced in these military units are respected”, stressed the official.

In addition, says General Navarro, the seven men in uniform who participated in the guard have been removed from their posts.

“The Army Commander will relieve the Guard, Operations Officer, Executive and Second Commander, and Commander of Combat Services Support Battalion number 30 from their positions.” once investigations are completed, the military will improve security in entry protocols.

“The Army Commander will relieve the Guard, Operations Officer, Executive and Second Commander, and Commander of Combat Services Support Battalion number 30 from their positions.” Once the investigations are completed, the military will improve security in entry protocols.

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