The National Urban War Front Commander in Chief Camilo Torres Restrepo of the National Liberation Army reports that:
On March 30 of this year, units of the National Urban War Front ambushed troops of the Mechanized Cavalry Group No. 5 General Hermógenes Maza of the Thirtieth Brigade Command, an organic unit of the Second Division of the National Army, who were carrying out military and intelligence activities against the civilian population at the Oripaya checkpoint. located in the township of Agua Clara, in the rural area of Cúcuta on the road that communicates with the municipality of Puerto Santander.
As a result, one soldier was killed and three more uniformed officers were wounded, including a non-commissioned officer.
This action was carried out in legitimate response to the counterinsurgency offensive ordered by President Gustavo Petro, carried out by the government army in shameless alliance with the narco-paramilitary gangs of the 33rd Front, against the communities of Catatumbo and with the false illusion of extermination of the ELN.
The National Urban War Front will continue to fight alongside the people, adhered to IHL [international humanitarian law] in defense of territories and communities.
Our units are withdrawn without incident.
¡Colombia… for workers!
¡Not one step back… Liberation or death!
NATIONAL URBAN WAR FRONT
COMMANDER IN CHIEF CAMILO TORRES RESTREPO
NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY
Cities of Colombia
March 31, 2025
https://insurgenciaurbana-eln.net/comunicado-a-la-opinion-publica-13/