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Operativo de seguridad al amanecer en una calle residencial de ladera en Bogotá, con vehículos policiales y militares
Un operativo de seguridad al amanecer en un barrio del sur de Bogotá. · Imagen generada para EPM

Alias Picolino captured in Bogotá operation led by De La Espriella

President Abelardo De La Espriella led an early-morning BOSUR operation in Bogotá on October 28, coordinated by the Police, the Army, the Attorney General's…

--- The context --- In Usme, in southern Bogotá, residents have lived with the fear that, according to public force reports, a structure imposed on them by illegally charging them money in exchange for allowing them to live in their own homes. That is the setting of the operation in the early morning of Wednesday, October 28. --- The facts --- President Abelardo De La Espriella led a large-scale operation in Bogotá under the Urban Security Block program, known as BOSUR, coordinated among the National Police, the Army, the Attorney General's Office and the Mayor's Office. The authorities reported the capture of alias Picolino. According to intelligence agencies, the detainee is the main leader of the common organized criminal group Los Ingenieros, with a continued trajectory of more than 15 years in the south, mainly in Usme. Police commanders attribute to him criminal conspiracy, selective homicides, extortion, kidnappings and forced displacement. These are official attributions, pending the judicial process. Public force reports state that the structure frightened residents through systematic gunfire to impose those illegal charges. The judicial report associates the gang with an assault recorded on video against a woman and with kidnappings of people from the San Andrés archipelago, attributed acts that must be clarified in the process. --- The positions --- During the presentation of the captured man, the head of state confronted him directly and reproached him for the actions against the defenseless population. In paraphrase of his words, he warned him that the full weight of the law would fall on him, called him a coward and reproached him for not facing up. The authorities stressed that they seek to restore order and ensure the tranquility of southern communities. --- What remains unknown --- The capture took place in an offensive that simultaneously hit eight localities, aimed, according to the official account, at dismantling groups linked to more than 350 homicides in the capital. The detail of results by locality is not yet known. The Executive confirmed that, after legalization of the capture and filing of charges by the Attorney General's Office, the accused will be sent to a maximum-security penitentiary center. --- Unanswered questions --- What results did the offensive leave in each of the eight localities? How will the families of Usme who paid illegal charges to live in their homes be protected in a sustained way? What will prevent the structure attributed to Los Ingenieros from reconstituting itself without its identified leader? When will the Attorney General's Office report the charges filed? --- EPM analysis --- The value of the operation will be measured in the daily life of Usme. Capturing the identified leader of a structure with more than 15 years of attributed trajectory can bring immediate relief, but lasting tranquility requires constant institutional presence, protection for neighbors and a process that turns attributions into firm judicial decisions, with due process. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, the capture of alias Picolino is a relevant step because it responds to the concrete fear of families who, according to the public force, paid to live in their own houses. Its real scope will depend on three immediate tests: that the Attorney General's Office substantiates the charges, that the offensive in eight localities has verifiable results and that Usme receives sustained protection, not only an early-morning operation.
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