Two of the seven policemen who were injured in the attack with explosives and rifle blasts in the rural area of Puerto Libertador, Córdoba, They have serious injuries and are being treated by specialists.
This was reported by Major General Jesús Alejandro Barrera Peña, director of police officers and environmental protection of the National Police, indicating in passing that the five remaining uniformed men had bruises and minor injuries caused by the shrapnel.
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Other patrolmen who were
injured by shrapnel during the explosion
“We have two wounded who have to undergo treatment. We are talking about Subintendent Fabián Pérez Ortiz, who has fractures of his lower limbs, an open wound on his left heel, left lobe and lacerations on his hand.”
“On the other hand, we have patrolman Gustavo Quicasaque, who has an open wound in the left tempoparietal lobe, in addition to a wound in the femur,” he explained.
The other patrolmen who were injured by the shrapnel during the explosion are:
Rafael Salgado Acuña, Deiby Mercado Tarrina, César Andrés Betín Montes, Wilmer Higuera Tarazona and Gerson Urrego.
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The report indicates that they have leg injuries, blows to the head, splinters to the skull, stunned by blows, a knee fracture and damage from the blast wave.
Gulf Clan Attack
The senior official also confirmed that the attack was attributed to the ‘Rubén Ávila’ substructure of the Clan del Golfo, a group that operates in the area where the events occurred.
The Directorate of Carabineros of the National Police also reported that the unit that received the attack was mobilized in three vehicles and that thanks to the fact that they managed to repel the attack, more uniformed officers were prevented from being injured.
The wounded were taken by helicopter to Caucasia, Antioquia, where they are treated.
He also pointed out that in Bajo Cauca there is a criminal convergence that affects the entire region and the first input is drug trafficking, which is the criminal line that allows other crimes to exist.
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He expressed that different structures operate, including the so-called Clan del Golfo, the National Liberation Army -ELN- and FARC dissidents.
“In the place, a patrol from the unit against the illegal extraction of mining deposits known as Unimil, which belongs to the directorate of carabineros and environmental protection of the National Police, was attacked,” he specified.
He also confirmed that they intended to carry out work against illegal mining and that the attack took place 5 kilometers from the base, in the village of Santa Fe de las Claras.
The Governor of Córdoba, Orlando Benítez, rejected the attack committed against members of the National Police, indicating that they will not be intimidated by illegal groups and that, together with the public force, they will work to maintain order and security in the Department.
Francis Xavier Barrios
Special for WEATHER
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