These are the security measures that the Mayor's Office of Bogotá will take after the security council with the national government

Security is an issue that has become a priority in the city of Bogotá, different events such as robberies, murders and attacks have made the authorities constantly alert. Over the weekend there was an attack in the CAI of Ciudad Bolivar, which resulted in more than 30 people injured and two minors killed. After the news, FARC dissidents announced that they are responsible for the criminal act.

The incident was repudiated by the citizens and the authorities, both national and local, and so Mayor Claudia López called on the President of the Republic, Iván Duque, to meet and take the necessary measures to deal with armed groups and acts of violence that have seized security and tranquility of the capital.

The meeting of the leaders took place on March 29, where the Minister of Defense, Diego Molano, was also there; the governor of Cundinamarca, Nicolás García; the mayor of Soacha, Juan Carlos Saldarriaga, and the military leadership. In space, they concluded that seven measures would be adapted to address the threat posed by armed groups to national security.

The first is related to the capture of alias Jhon Mechas, leader of the 33rd front of the FARC, who would be involved not only in the explosion in Ciudad Bolivar but others around the country, so it was decided to deploy 120 intelligence agents who will be dedicated to tracking and finding the whereabouts of the criminal.

Along the same lines, the decision was made to deploy 1,500 police men to reform security in the Colombian capital: “With this new assignment, Bogotá will complete 4,000 additional police officers. The largest increase in force that any government has made for the city,” commented the President of the Republic.

On the other hand, the plan will be accelerated to find the whereabouts of 36 criminal gangs that are being supported by large criminal structures such as dissidents, the Eln and the country's paramilitary structures to carry out different acts of violence around Bogotá.

In addition, it was agreed that at the exits and entrances of the city there will be security shields led by the Police and the Army, so that all persons entering and leaving are requisitioned and the entry of weapons or other elements that pose a danger to citizens can be prevented.

Control will not only be physical, but also financially, the capital's banking systems will be monitored; the Financial Information and Analysis Unit (UIAF) will have to track unusual movements of money between Bogotá and other parts of the country and report it to the new Joint Committee to Combat Threats Terrorists (CCAT).

The final measure is that all prisoners associated with the 33rd front of dissidence who are in a prison in the capital will be immediately transferred to other areas of the country.

It is important to remember that the alarms by the Office of the Ombudsman regarding the possibility of this type of attack began about eight months ago, but the authorities would not have taken the necessary measures and those that were announced have been implemented at other times, so they would not be new but would be a reactivation of security activities to prevent an event such as that of the CAI in Ciudad Bolivar from happening again.

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