ELN Attacks on Military and Narco Paramilitaries

Several clashes took place with the state Army, which reinforces the narco-paramilitary gangs of Medina in Tame and Clan del Golfo in the south of Bolívar, gangs with which they carry out attacks on the popular leaderships of the departments of Arauca and Bolívar.

Eastern War Front Commander in Chief Manuel Vásquez Castaño

* On Sunday, October 5 at 2:55 pm, guerrilla units of the Eastern War Front attacked the facilities of the main Arauca Military Base, located in Pueblo Nuevo, Arauquita, using 89 mm artillery, with which a lodging was destroyed, leaving one professional soldier dead, a non-commissioned officer wounded, and 6 professional soldiers injured, several of them seriously.

From this Military Canton of Pueblo Nuevo, they responded with 120 mm artillery against surrounding areas located 25 km away, without affecting the guerrilla force.

Darío Ramírez Castro War Front

* On September 28 at 6:45 pm, the combats with narco paramilitaries from the Gulf Clan in the villages of El Páramo and Santa Cecilia in the district of Fátima in the municipality of Santa Rosa, Sur de Bolívar, lasted more than 4 hours, during which they were attacked with drones, forcing them to retreat towards Capellanía and los Robles. There were 4 dead paramilitaries and 3 wounded.

* On October 4 at 3:00 pm, the fighting continued for more than 6 hours with these narcoparamilitaries of the Gulf Clan in the Capellanía village of the Villaflor district, in the municipality of Santa Rosa, South of Bolívar.

* On October 5 at 3:00 pm, during 8 hours of combat in the Capellanía village, with drone actions and guerrilla artillery, 11 paramilitaries were killed.

* On October 5 at 2:30 pm, in a drone attack against the Clan del Golfo, in the Filo Guaca of the San Agustín village, in the municipality of Arenal, South of Bolívar, the camp of the ringleaders alias 50 and alias El Indio was bombed with 6 grenades, leaving 4 paramilitaries dead and 9 injured, among these seriously injured were aliases 50 and alias El Indio, hours later 2 paramilitaries die who had been badly injured.

* On October 6 at 4:40 pm, the Clan del Golfo was attacked with drones, in the San Agustín village of the municipality of Arenal, bombing the place where they were camped with grenades. The results are unknown.

National General Staff

Source: https://eln-voces.net/2025/10/13/combates-del-fin-de-semana-pasado/