100 new security fronts will be created in Ciudad Bolivar, south of Bogotá

A few days ago in the town of Ciudad Bolivar, a FARC dissident group planted an explosive device in an IAC and left two minors killed and more than 30 people injured. With that explosion, it became clear that insecurity and the arrival of armed groups in the capital is already a fact, so the Minister of National Defense, Diego Molano, in follow-up to the Security Council that took place between the National Government and the local government, announced the creation of 100 citizen security fronts.

“What was happening is insane and here we must continue to work together for what was agreed in the security council,” said Iván Duque's government official and added: “In Ciudad Bolivar we had made a commitment to promote security fronts. There are 240 security fronts and 100 new ones are installed in order to link more citizens at work in order to articulate a better security reinforcement.”

On the other hand, Molano said that the investigations are progressing, where 120 specialized agents are working to find those responsible for the attack perpetrated on the night of March 26 that would have been planned by alias Jhon Mechas, leader of the 33rd front of the FARC issidences.

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.

Victims of the terrorist attack against the CAI in Ciudad Bolivar will receive humanitarian aid

This Saturday, April 2, the mayor of Bogotá, Claudia López, announced that the National Victims Unit will deliver humanitarian aid to the victims of the terrorist attack against the Police Immediate Care Command (CAI) located in the Arborizadora Alta neighborhood, in the town of Ciudad Bolívar, in which two minors died age.

The president toured this sector south of the capital in which the attack was perpetrated, attributed to the 33rd front of the FARC guerrilla dissidents, which left 35 dead and the death of five-year-old Ivanna Salome Rangel Molina and 12-year-old Daniel Steven Duque. From this place he confirmed this aid of up to two minimum wages for the reconstruction of the houses.

“The National Victims Unit will provide humanitarian assistance of up to two minimum wages to the families affected by the attacks in both Arborizadora Alta and Sierra Morena in Ciudad Bolívar,” the mayor explained at the end of her tour of the sector where she visited some of the families affected by the detonation to inform them of the measures that will be taken for the repair of years and social care.

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