Two illegal semi-submersibles were found in the jungles of Nariño

Two semi-submersibles were found by men of the National Navy, who were ready to be loaded with eight tons of cocaine. The boats that were inside the thick rainforest of Nariño would go to Central America.

According to units of the Marine Infantry Brigade No. 4, the military operation for the registration and control of territory was deployed in the San Jacinto village, located at the mouth of the Mira River, where they located the 380-square-meter illegal shipyard, used by the FARC dissident group 'Structure Iván Rios', at command of alias' Uriel ', for the construction of semi-submersibles in the Colombian-Ecuadorian border zone.

For his part, the commander of Marine Infantry Brigade No. 4 in Tumaco, Colonel of Marine Infantry Jaime Orlando Zambrano Chavarro, said that “each semi-submersible seized has the capacity to carry four tons of alkaloid, affecting by more than two million dollars the group's finances outside the law ' Ivan Rios”.

The members of the Navy traveled deep into the jungle in Nariño to reach the place where the boats were located, it is an unpopulated area, where only illegal groups arrive.

In addition, he announced that, inside the infrastructure, two naval devices 25 meters long were found with the capacity to carry up to four tons of narcotics each. The first was 80% complete and the second was fully completed and ready to transport illicit drugs, which would be destined for drug trafficking cartels in Mexico.

A boat, communication equipment and various tools used for the manufacture of these illegal maritime means of transport were also seized. During the operation there were no catches, the material was destroyed according to established protocols.

This Wednesday, March 16, local authorities assured that the seizure of 25 pounds turtle meat and 38 rabbits was achieved on a road in La Guajira. Members of the environmental and ecological protection unit of the National Police and the Regional Autonomous Corporation of La Guajira (Corpoguajira) participated in the operation.

The seizure was carried out on the road that connects the municipalities of Riohacha and Maicao, in La Guajira. The product was transported in a taxi.

According to information from the authorities, turtle meat was being transported by persons who did not have the safe conduct of mobilization issued by Corpoguajira, which is an essential requirement for carrying out such activities.

Likewise, it was established that those involved were apparently planning to market turtle meat without the legal supports that are required, so that they would be committing the crime of harvesting wildlife.

This fact is all the more serious considering that, apparently, the product seized corresponded to green turtle meat, a species that was classified as endangered because its risk of extinction is very high, according to the environmental authorities.

On the other hand, rabbits that were transported without permits belong to the species known as Florida rabbit or Castilian, according to authorities. This mammal, according to the authorities' reports, is intensively hunted in the national territory.

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