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The first official reports, cited by Noticias Caracol, They talk about two soldiers killed and 11 more wounded in the attack that took place in a sector known as El Tablazo, near Tibú.
The ambush against the military occurred with the detonation of various explosive devices and a blast attack of rifle shots, added that medium.
Likewise, that channel detailed that the wounded soldiers are recovering in a medical facility from the east of the capital of Norte de Santander.
Regarding this attack against the Armed Forces, the Army Commander, General Eduardo Zapateiro, it was pronounced on your Twitter account.
“We condemn the terrorist action, using an improvised explosive device, against troops of @ Ejercito_Div2 in the rural area of Cúcuta, #NorteDeSantander, by members of the ELN, killing two of our soldiers,” Zapateiro said in that social network.
This is the trill of the Army commander:
We condemn the terrorist action, using improvised explosive device, against troops of @ Army_Div2 in rural area of Cúcuta, #North of Santander, by members of the ELN, assassinating two of our soldiers (1)
– Gral. Eduardo Enrique Zapateiro Altamiranda (@COMANDANTE_EJC) February 24, 2021
This is the report of the attack, published by Noticias Caracol:
#The last | Ambush to the Army leaves two dead soldiers and another eleven wounded, in Norte de Santander – https://t.co/mOtoksPG5E pic.twitter.com/ng1d1ekhcl
– News Caracol (@NoticiasCaracol) February 24, 2021
Norte de Santander: this is the second attack against the Army, in the last week
On February 20, the authorities identified the 5 soldiers who were injured after being ambushed and dragged into a minefield. The group of soldiers was advancing efforts to eradicate illicit crops in El Catatumbo when they were victims of the violent action of criminals.
An Army statement explained that the events occurred on the afternoon of last Friday when a noncommissioned officer and four soldiers from Rapid Deployment Force Number 3 carried out their work in the municipality of Teorama, Norte de Santander.
Specifically, the action was registered in the district Jurisdictions where the military command was attacked with shots by men of a criminal group and while they repelled the attack, they fell into the minefield installed by the ELN or the FARC dissidents, according to the Army report.
The five wounded soldiers were identified as Juan González Rodríguez, Cristian Losada Vásquez, Roberto García Galvis, Carlos Rodrigo Arévalo and Gali Galeano Quintero.
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