Second largest operation against criminal Mining in the South West and the Colombian Pacific

They destroyed 04 machines (Backhoe) and 03 people conducted research

Cali, August 19, 2015 Developing a joint, coordinated and interagency between the Colombian Air Force, the Army and units attached # 2 South West Joint Command and the Directorate of Carabiners and Rural Security of the National Police took out which was rated as the second largest operation against the criminal mining carried out in the South West and Colombia's Pacific shores of Sheep river village of La Toma, in the general area of the municipality of Suarez, Cauca which included shares of assault and destroying illegal machinery.

The blow dealt to the finances of terrorist organizations and illegal armed groups that exploit families and communities living in small scale mining, forcefully punishes those directly responsible for this criminal phenomenon, become the root of violence . The dedicated abusers ancestral artisanal mining communities, dramatically destroy forests, pollute our rivers and devastate the country with irreversible damage to the environment, enrichment serving the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and other criminal groups who control the business, which exceeds illicit profits, any amount so far provided by the drug trafficking, kidnapping and other criminal schemes.

With this operation dismantle related criminal activities, after a year of research, thus achieving the neutralization of a criminal structure dedicated to mining and the main source of income for the West Block of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)

Moreover, the identification of 03 subjects who were at the scene, which were conducted and are pending to define their legal status was achieved.

HISTORY BEAT

This is a historic blow to the resource of the narcoterrorism Bloc of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), who are leading the criminal mining its main source of income, alongside drug trafficking and extortion.

The No 2 Joint Command South West continue to develop joint operations coordinated interagency way to combat illegal and criminal economy generated by the war developed in marginalized areas where illegal groups were established through the criminal mining and extortion networks, deriving illicit enrichment.