On April 20, an attack by the Gulf Clan against the Army was reported in Fontino, Antioquia. According to the report, three soldiers had initially been reported dead and five injured after the attack, but after support and medical care, three other soldiers were said to have died. Apparently, they are uniformed men who suffered serious injuries and some that it had not been possible to locate during the early hours of the morning.
The Seventh Division of the Army confirmed that the soldiers killed are: SLP. Edwar Fernando Agudelo Castaño, SLP. Emir Esli Baldovino Zabaleta, SLP. Yonaiker Cordero Rivera, SL18. Juan Daniel Lozano Oviedo, SL18. Kevin Luis Altamiranda Cantero; and SL18. Hector Fabio Buelvas Ospina. With this attack, the authorities confirm that in the first four months of the year, 30 soldiers have died at the hands of criminal groups, of which ten were killed by the Gulf Clan, it is believed that this is part of the 'pistol plan' which, much like the 1980s, is paid to hit men and people who are willing to kill in uniform for the entire national territory.
According to the Army's investigation, this plan that attacks the soldiers and the informed of the country has been intensifying, due to the multiple blows that have been inflicted on structures. Because they have captured members of the groups and have been able to stop drugs from passing through drug trafficking routes.
Even a week ago, a complaint from RCN News announced that the drug trafficking group would be creating new alliances by recruiting members of FARC dissidents to attack the public forces in Bajo Cauca and some areas of Urabá and Chocó.
The reason the authorities give for understanding this new union is that the Gulf Clan is interested in the knowledge that militants of the illegal group building explosive devices have, in order to carry out different terrorist coups in some territories of the country.
“Prevent the advancement of intelligence by the police and military forces, as well as attacking police officers in some places where we are carrying out operations against the main leaders,” General Jorge Luis Vargas, director of the National Police, denounced to national media outlets.
According to the allegations, the reason why they would have the knowledge is because they are led by former members and leaders of the extinct FARC, who had been preparing for many years in criminal life such as Iván Mordisco and Gentil Duarte.
“Among its functions are the location of explosives, extortion, organizing activities in the camps that, due to their guerrilla experience, help give instructions,” General Vargas said.
It should be noted that the Gulf Clan, is the illegal structure that leads 30% of the drug trade in the world, today has 1,284 men in arms and 1,972 in support networks, that is, 3,256 members. But he has been weakened by the captures of his leaders, such as that of alias' Otoniel ', which he has decided to testify before being extradited to the United States.
In addition, as El Tiempo mentioned, it has four base structures and 22 substructures in 12 departments, but its area of operations for crime is concentrated in the lower Cauca of Antioquia and Urabá.
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