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Nelson Lerma Giraldo, known as the ‘Mocho Leiber’, precisely because in 2007 he lost his left hand handling explosives, died this Tuesday in the middle of a combat that he sustained with troops of the National Army in the Cabildo Alto del Mango village, jurisdiction of Puerto Guzmán, in Putumayo.
According to the Defense Minister, Carlos Holmes Trujillo, ‘Mocho Leiber’ was a trusted man of the leaders of the dissidents in the east of the country, ‘Gentil Duarte’ and ‘Iván Mordisco’.
Lerma Giraldo, 43, who was born in Mesetas, Meta; He joined the FARC as a rank and file and was active there for 22 years.
Between 1998 and 2002, He took courses in Special Forces, handling explosives, sniper, which allowed him to rise in the guerrilla group.
(We suggest you read: Duque confirms death of ‘Mocho Leiber’, head of dissent).
‘Mocho Leiber’ entered the authorities’ radar (in November 2019) when military intelligence detected him in the region and He managed to determine that Néstor Gregorio Vera, ‘Iván Mordisco’, had commissioned him to take control of the drug trafficking routes.
The soldiers who found ‘Mocho Leiber’ walked 23 kilometers at night and, after more than 15 days in the depths of the jungle, they managed to locate him
Military intelligence managed to identify some movements of the ‘Mocho’ in the area, and the Sixth Division of the Army coordinated a penetration operation where it was located.
Thus, men of the Special Forces, “who are highly trained and capable, they walked 23 kilometers at night and, after more than 15 days of being inserted in the depths of the jungle, they managed to locate it“said the commander of the Sixth Division, General Jorge Hernando Herrera.
(It might be of your interest to read: ‘Gentil Duarte’ threatens peasants to prevent eradication)
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The process was all the time monitored by military intelligence, since ‘Mocho Leiber’ was a high value target for being considered the head of the ‘Carolina Ramírez’ front.
At the site, terrorist actions against the civilian population and military units are being planned.
Alias Mocho Leiber had criminal interference from the Mecaya River, in Puerto Guzmán, and was coordinating the trafficking of coca base paste, cocaine hydrochloride, extortion of ranchers, merchants, drivers and peasants, forced recruitment of minors in the area.
(We suggest you read: Missing officer in Guaviare would be in the power of ‘Gentil Duarte)
Other news of the Justice section of the day
– Captured drug traffickers used a medium to ‘protect’ shipments.
– Prosecutor’s Office asks to declare null decrees that regulate ‘fracking’.
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