RCN News
August 12, 2024
01:39 p. m.
It has been more than 50 hours since the kidnapping of a group of soldiers began in the municipality of San José in the department of Guaviare.
Initially, there were a total of 100 uniformed officers held by the community since Friday, August 9, however, on August 10, a group of 42 soldiers managed to escape.
In order to secure the freedom of the other soldiers, a negotiating committee is located in the municipality.
Who could be behind the kidnapping of the soldiers in San José del Guaviare?
According to the Army, illegal armed groups are using the civilian population to pressure the uniformed personnel to leave.
The Jorge Suárez Briceño front, a substructure of the FARC dissidents led by alias Calarcá, with whom there is currently a bilateral ceasefire, is operating in the area where the kidnapping took place.
Both the National Government, through its Ministers of the Interior and Defense, and the National Army They have described the irregular detention of the soldiers as a kidnapping and a violation of the ceasefire.
Both Ivan Velasquez (Minister of Defense) and Juan Fernando Cristo (Minister of the Interior) They assured that actions against the soldiers would jeopardize the ceasefire declared by the national government with the aforementioned substructure.
According to the Military Forces, alias Cancharino would be the dissident behind the kidnapping that has been the subject of national discussion.
‘Cancharino’, 23, is a trusted man of alias Calarcá and is believed to be the head of finances of the Jorge Briceño Suárez structure of the self-proclaimed Central General Staff of the FARC dissidents.
They ask that the ceasefire with Jorge Briceño Suárez be lifted due to the kidnapping of the soldiers
RCN News contacted Willy Alejandro Rodríguez, mayor of San José del Guaviare, about the situation of soldiers in the municipality.
Rodríguez refused to call the situation a kidnapping and reported that the community has said that “it remains in permanent assembly at the site until the Army leaves.” of the region or sector.”
Because of the above, there have been several voices criticising the Government’s reluctance to declare the lifting of the ceasefire with the aforementioned substructure.
“There is no agenda, no timetable, no will for peace. They should lift not only the ceasefire but all negotiations,” said Ariel Ávila.
“There can be no territories off-limits to the public force. “This is a clear violation of the ceasefire and must be studied by the verification and monitoring mechanism of the negotiating table,” said Leonardo González, director of Indepaz.
