Colombian authorities are investigating an explosive attack against the security forces in the department of Arauca, which borders Venezuela, in which two soldiers, a policeman and two civilians were injured.
The attack occurred on Friday night in the Village of Barrancones in the municipality of Arauca, capital of the department of the same name, during a control and surveillance procedure between the Army and the National Police, official sources reported saturday.
“After a police procedure within the urban area of the municipality of Arauca, two professional soldiers, a policeman and two members of society are affected by the activation of an explosive device,” said the commander of the Eighth Division of the Army, Brigadier General Mauricio Zabala.
The Minister of Defense of Colombia, Diego Molano, visited yesterday the department of Arauca that lives a critical situation of public order.
Molano toured, together with the National Navy, the Arauca River, which marks the border between Colombia and Venezuela, and participated in a security council with local authorities.
“With the Military Forces and the National Police, we reinforced the ‘Plan Arauca Segura’ and ‘Plan Muralla’ to make more controls on the border and strengthen patrolling in the Arauca River. The criminals will not sleep peacefully under our command,” the minister said.
The bombing was confirmed a day after the Colombian Army denounced that FARC dissidents allegedly murdered a lieutenant colonel in Venezuela, who was kidnapped on April 18 in Arauca.
