At least five Army soldiers were kidnapped this Sunday in the municipality of Tame, department of Arauca.
In that region of the country, bordering Venezuela, there is a high presence of structures of the National Liberation Army (ELN) and the dissidents of alias Iván Mordisco.
The uniformed men, apparently, They were carrying out routine activities in the rural area of Tame when they were intercepted by armed men. The authorities are carrying out search efforts in coordination with other organizations to establish his whereabouts and release.
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This action occurs one day after frustrated attack against the Simón Bolívar Infantry Battalion No. 1 in Tunja, which was going to be attacked with a dump truck loaded with bomb cylinders or “tatucos”.
The authorities attribute the incident to alias Poeta, leader of the against José Adonay Ardila Pinilla of the ELN, who commits crimes, in addition to Boyacá, in Casanare and Arauca.