Alias Pija, wanted by Interpol, is charged with homicide, kidnapping, and other crimes.<\/p>\n
Colombian authorities captured Reinel Natalio Garc\u00eda Mojica, alias Pija, leader of a residual Organized Armed Group (GAO in Spanish) of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC, in Spanish) that operated in Cauca and Casanare departments. The Unified Action Group for Personal Freedom Arauca, attached to the Colombian Army\u2019s Eighth Division, and the Judiciary Police Against Organized Crime of the Office of the Attorney General of Colombia combined forces in an operation that resulted in his arrest, June 7, 2018. <\/p>\n \u201cAbout six months of intelligence work from troops and intelligence service members led us to capture the subject,\u201d Brigadier General \u00c1lvaro Vicente P\u00e9rez Dur\u00e1n, commander of the Colombian Army\u2019s Task Force Quir\u00f3n, told Di\u00e1logo. \u201cPija constantly moved from one place to another; he had security rings who did intelligence for him to conceal his location.\u201d <\/p>\n In early June, authorities set up a unit in the municipality of Tame, Arauca, where military troops deployed in the area around his house. \u201cThanks to the training of our troops, we were able to get inside the external ring that protected him and capture him,\u201d Brig. Gen. P\u00e9rez said. According to the Army, authorities seized war material, ammunition, and valuable military intelligence documents. All was handed over to the competent authorities. <\/p>\n Alias Pija <\/p>\n Alias Pija\u2019s criminal record includes assault against security forces, including three attacks in the departments of Cauca and Santander, where six soldiers were killed and six others were injured. He is also accused of killing three civilians and a police officer with a car bomb that exploded at a police station in the municipality of Villa Rica, Cauca. <\/p>\n The man is also charged with attacking a military base in Santana, Cauca, where he kidnapped one police officer, killed a second one, and hurt another. According to the Ministry of Defense of Colombia, alias Pija had an Interpol arrest warrant and will face additional charges for illicit recruiting, manufacturing, trafficking, and carrying weapons and explosives meant for the exclusive use of the armed forces. <\/p>\n Other achievements <\/p>\n \u201cSo far this year [2018], we have [apprehended] 20 dissidents in regional military operations,\u201d said Brig. Gen. P\u00e9rez. \u201cA few days ago [on June 13th], the Colombian Air Force, Army, and the Office of the Attorney General of Colombia carried out a joint interagency operation near the municipality of Fortul, in the department of Arauca, where 18 dissidents were [neutralized].\u201d The group was wanted for several terrorist acts, such as the attack on a nurse at Hospital de Saravena in Arauca, a pistol plan against the population and security forces in the region, and attacks against oil infrastructure, the General Command of the Colombian Military Forces reported in a press release. <\/p>\n \u201cThe department of Arauca works with the National Police, the Office of the Attorney General, the Navy, the Colombian Air Force, and the Army, uniting all their capabilities to counter instability in the region,\u201d Brig. Gen. P\u00e9rez said. The rest of the country also saw results. \u201cTo date [July 13th], we\u2019ve neutralized 479 residual GAO members, which is practically a third of their armed force\u201453 were killed in military operations, 312 were captured, and 114 were brought to justice,\u201d Colombian Minister of Defense Luis Carlos Villegas told the press. Alias Pija, wanted by Interpol, is charged with homicide, kidnapping, and other crimes. Colombian authorities captured Reinel Natalio Garc\u00eda Mojica, alias Pija, leader of a residual Organized Armed Group (GAO in Spanish) of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC, in Spanish) that operated in Cauca and Casanare departments. The Unified Action Group for Personal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1617,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[147],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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