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Medellin and Antioquia operation yields 135 arrests and one dissident leader killed

A joint operation in Medellin and Antioquia left 135 arrests, 153 searches and the death of alias Primo Sangre, second leader of the Frente 36 dissidents…

--- The context --- Medellin and Antioquia were the scene of a security operation carried out between the night of Monday, October 26, and the early hours of this Tuesday, October 27. The action brought together the National Police, the Army and the Attorney General's Office, with support from Antioquia Governor Andrés Julián Rendón and Medellin Mayor Federico Gutiérrez. The deployment targeted the dissidents of the FARC's Frente 36 in Antioquia. The President of the Republic, Abelardo De La Espriella, reported the preliminary results of the procedures carried out in Medellin and in the department's other areas. --- The facts --- The balance released by the president recorded 135 arrests and 153 searches. Of the 135 arrests, 54 were made in flagrante delicto and 66 by court order. The balance also includes 11 arrests of foreign citizens and four additional apprehensions, along with 98 expulsions and one Interpol red notice. Among the announced results is the death of alias Primo Sangre, identified by the authorities as second leader of the dissidents of the FARC's Frente 36 in Antioquia. According to the official account, he was killed by the National Police after putting up resistance during the procedure, without the report specifying the exact place of the confrontation. The balance includes the seizure of 717 million pesos and 25.000 euros in cash, as well as 10 firearms: one rifle, seven pistols and one revolver, without the inventory identifying the type of the tenth weapon. Also seized were five traumatic weapons, 59 cell phones and seven communications radios, in addition to 40 kilograms of cocaine, 6.377 grams of coca base, 19.750 grams of marijuana and 5.800 grams of synthetic drugs. --- The positions --- The official position, expressed by President Abelardo De La Espriella, presented the operation as a joint result of the National Police, the Army and the Attorney General's Office, with a cutoff at 6:30 in the morning. --- What remains unknown --- The released report does not specify the particular circumstances of the expulsions or the identity of the person sought through the international notice. Nor does it specify the exact place of the confrontation in which alias Primo Sangre died or detail the circumstances in which it occurred, and the inventory does not identify the type of the tenth seized weapon. --- Unanswered questions --- How will the operation's figures be consolidated once all of the information is processed? What circumstances surrounded the 98 expulsions reported in the preliminary balance? What is the identity of the person sought through the Interpol red notice? At what exact place did the confrontation in which alias Primo Sangre was killed occur? --- EPM analysis --- The operation concentrates arrests, searches and seizures in Medellin and Antioquia in a single night. The scale of the balance, still preliminary, shows coordinated action against the Frente 36 dissidents and against the money, weapons and communications linked to the procedures, whose confirmation will depend on the official consolidation. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, the balance reported by President Abelardo De La Espriella reflects a broad operational blow against the Frente 36 dissidents in Antioquia, backed by 135 arrests, 153 searches and significant seizures of cash, weapons and narcotics. Coordination among the National Police, the Army and the Attorney General's Office, with regional and municipal support, gives the deployment institutional weight. Prudence nevertheless requires awaiting the final consolidation, because the report itself warns that only 85 % of the available information had been processed.
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