After the military operation, carried out in conjunction with the National Police, which brought about the fall of Roque Antonio Gonzalez Contrerasalias Roque, a noted member of the dissidents of the 33rd front, the authorities and inhabitants of sharkin North of Santanderhave made known the distressing situation that this area of the country is experiencing due to the presence of the dissidents of the FARC.
Patrols in the streets, searches in shops, installation of explosives, a dead soldier and the incursion into the mayor’s office, are part of the escalation of violence perpetrated by dissidents only during the last 18 days. All this had been done under the command of ‘Roque’.
The most recent event occurred this Saturday afternoon in broad daylight, when a group of dissidents set up a checkpoint in Barrio Largo, a sector located on the road that connects with El Tarra.
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Once again the subversives recorded a video where they challenged the Minister of Defense and warned that they were not afraid of the deployment of troops in the area.
“We are just three minutes from the urban area of Tibú, providing security in the rural areas of this beautiful municipality”, says one of the dissidents.
However, in the same neighborhood where the video was recorded, hours later Army intelligence sources located alias Roque, who, seeing himself surrounded by soldiers and police, decided to confront them with his firearm, but died of two shots inside. of a room.
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On the spot, the Public force seized a 9-millimeter pistol, a magazine, 10 cartridges and a cell phone.
Alias Roque had an active arrest warrant for the crime of homicide. In addition, he would have participated in the retention and murder of two minors in October 2021 in Tibú.
Likewise, he was linked to extortion and the coordination of criminal activities to attack the Public Force in that region of the country.
The President of the Republic, Iván Duque, pointed out that “this criminal intended to frighten the civilian population and was neutralized thanks to the joint and coordinated work of our public force.”
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Alias ’Roque’ would have participated in the attack with explosives against a military unit in Tibú on June 30, where the soldier died David Ramírez Jiménezand in an attack with explosives against the Public Force on July 7.
Apparently, the subversive lived in the urban center of Tibú, and months ago he would have passed himself off as a representative of a motorcycle taxi drivers’ association, with the aim of camouflaging themselves among the civilian population and planning attacks against the National Police.
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