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Red alert in northwest Colombia amid fears of paramilitary attacks
written by Adriaan Alsema July 13, 2017
Police in the northwest of Colombia have issued a red alert amid fears that the AGC may avenge the killing on a ringleader of the country’s largest illegal armed group, Blu Radio reported Thursday.
On Wednesday, Defense Minister Luis Carlos Villegas announced authorities had killed Efren Vargas, alsi known as “Culo de Toro,” the brother of the presumed second in command of the Gaitanista Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AGC), the largest dissident group of the now-defunct AUC paramilitary umbrella organization.
The paramilitary ringleader was killed in Unguia, Choco, in a US-backed military operation that was part of “Agamenon II,” a broader strategy that seeks to eliminate the country’s largest paramilitary and drug trafficking organization.
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Following the killing of the alleged ringleader and five of his men, police in the provinces of Antioquia, Choco and Cordoba issued a red alert after intelligence reports had indicated the paramilitaries were planning to assassinate policemen and soldiers in rural parts of the provinces where the group is most active, Blu Radio reported.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/red-alert-northwest-colombia-amid-fears-paramilitary-attacks/
