On June 11, 2024 at 10:40 p.m., in Mina Proyecto, jurisdiction of the municipality of Arenales, South of Bolivar, units of the Dario Ramirez Castro War Front of the ELN, enter into combat against the paramilitaries of the Gulf Clan, where paramilitary Jonefer Sayas Gallardo, who declares to be active Agent of the Military Intelligence of the Army, was captured.
Our units have respected the rights of enemy combatant to Agent Sayas, despite being an enemy spy in joint missions with the paramilitaries.The government army advances joint and coordinated operations with the Gulf Clan paramilitaries in the territories of the Lower Cauca, Northeast Antioqueno and South of Bolivar, against the ELN in the implementation of the counterinsurgency plan.
These joint operations of the Military Forces of the State and Paramilitaries, permanently and synchronized in such a wide territory, as the one mentioned, and which are the jurisdictions of the joint task forces Mars and Achilles, are not possible without the command and control of the high Command of the Military Forces.
The capture of Agent Sayas is the clear evidence of the existence of these plans of joint operations, which is not the only case, and therefore requires a clear route for their treatment. In this sense, Mr. Minister of Defense, it is necessary that the responsible command that sent you on missions of operations receive it.
For such humanitarian action, a Commission can be formed with the participation of the Church and the United Nations.
On the other hand, this paramilitary force together with the Government Army is responsible for serious human rights violations affecting social organizations, leaders and communities in the region.Colombia… for the workers!
Not one step back…
liberation or death!
War Front Dario Ramirez Castro
National Liberation Army
September 19, 2024