The presence of terrorist groups throughout the Colombian territory continues to be evident, and the actions of these criminal groups in strategic areas of the country ratify it.
Inhabitants of Copacabana, in the Aburrá Valley, dawned this Friday, February 14 with an image that frightened them. A flag of the National Liberation Army (ELN) was installed on the North Highway, in a sector known as Ancón, between the municipalities of Copacabana and Girardota.
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The identification of this object allusive to this criminal structure occurred in the middle of a very wide green zone, among the trees. For access, The staff of the Sijin and the Metropolitan Police who moved to the place, had to cross a barbed wire to reach the exact point.
From the Medellín Police section this finding was confirmed: “Copacabana, North Highway at kilometer 11. By call to emergency line 123, at 6:40, a citizen informs that he has just observed an allusive flag to the ELN illegal armed group. The flag is observed in the green zone located about 200 meters from the main road ”.
It is speculated that the presence of this flag could be a commemoration of the death of Camilo Torres 59 years ago, a member of this guerrilla group in its beginnings.
This fact adds to what happened at dawn in Bogotáwhere concessionary officials carried out inspection activities and alerted the authorities about 2:00 am about the presence of one of these flags at the 220th street on the North Highway, which was held to two sticks under A tree.
The Usaquén town quadrant gave notice to the institution’s antiexplosive team to rule humanity.
On the facts, Lieutenant Colonel Ricardo Cháves Camargo, commander of the Usaquén Police Station, who explained how the emergency was controlled: “In the early hours of the early morning, a report is received where, on the outskirts of the city, In our care zone, according to a report by the radio room, The location of a flag similar to that used by members outside the law is verified. The security protocol is immediately activated, our judicial police personnel, our explosive staff, are mobilized and a preventive closure to perform the verification is made. A verification with canine guide is also made and any situation that could put both people and the integrity of those who circulate through this place is discarded. ”
Similarly, he assured that the traffic in the place was enabled in its entirety after being closed for a couple of hours while the investigation was carried out.
In another isolated fact, A gas cylinder was located in the middle of the Pan -American road, south of Cauca, which apparently contained explosives due to exposed cables. This act is attributed to the ELN, because the object was painted with the red and black colors, characteristic of this group, and the letters were painted blank. The reactions were swift, and from the political sector some pronouncements have already been made.
María Fernanda Cabal, Senator of the Republic, published the images of the flag installed in Bogotá in her X account, pointing to President Petro of a possible justification following the death of one of the members of this guerrillas: “This morning, the ELN terrorists installed a flag of their criminal organization on the North Highway of Bogotá. Hopefully Petro does not come to commemorate the death of the guerrilla priest Camilo Torres. That is apology for terrorism. “
Meanwhile, the Senator of the Democratic Center, Paloma Valencia, said that he is returning to the past and questioned the acts performed by the president when he was part of one of these organizations: “We woke up with the northern highway closed on behalf of a flag of the Eln. The explosives have already ruled out and opened the road. We returned to the past, security was lost; This will be Petro’s greatest inheritance, which, of course, is traveling. ”
