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Bogotá, July 29 – At least two members of a criminal gang, originally composed of FARC dissidents, died in an operation developed by Colombian military and police forces in a rural area of Tumaco, a municipality bordering Ecuador, have reported military sources today.
The fight, after which two other people were arrested, took place As part of the police and military plan "Tumaco Seguro" in the area known as La Playita, in the Viento Libre district of Tumaco, the Army stated in a statement
that the two dead were part of a self-appointed group. Guerrillas Unidas del Pacífico ", whose leader is alias" David "and who was originally formed by the former FARC guerrillas, although it was later reinforced by the recruitment of
of a second operation under the plan "Military and police campaign of the Atlas", three other people were detained in the farm of San José del Guayabo, which is part of Tumaco.
The Inmates are members of another group originally formed by FARC dissidents and the so-called "Frente Sinisterra Oliver", led by Walter Patricio Arizala, aka "Guacho."
This group is considered responsible for the kidnapping and murder of a team from the newspaper El Comercio de Quito composed by the journalist Javier Ortega, the photographer Paúl Rivas and the driver Efraín Segarra
The "Front Oliver Sinisterra" and the "United Guerrillas del Pacifico" are two of the groups trying to take control of Tumaco, a large municipality with the largest number of acres of Colombian coca. EFE
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