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El presidente Abelardo De La Espriella durante el lanzamiento de la campaña Esparta en el puente internacional de Tienditas, Cúcuta
El presidente Abelardo De La Espriella en el puente internacional de Tienditas, en Cúcuta, durante el lanzamiento de la campaña militar y policial Esparta. · Presidencia / Semana

Abelardo makes the Esparta campaign official from the Tienditas bridge

Abelardo De La Espriella made the Esparta military and police campaign official from Tienditas, articulating the Military Forces, the National Police and…

President Abelardo De La Espriella officially launched the Esparta military and police campaign from the Tienditas international bridge, on the border between Norte de Santander and Venezuela. --- The context --- The Esparta campaign articulates the capacities of the Military Forces, the National Police and Migración Colombia at the Tienditas international crossing. --- The facts --- Between August 7 and October 30, 2026, nearly one million migratory movements were counted through the Tienditas crossing. A total of 812 deportations and expulsions are recorded, 462 for national security reasons or Interpol orders, and 867 inadmissions. The Government ordered civil works to block clandestine crossings and reinforce border surveillance. --- The positions --- The presidential position communicated sets as its objective recovering the public initiative, neutralizing the leaders of the narco-terrorist structures of Catatumbo and dismantling their illegal financing sources. --- What remains unknown --- The concrete deployment of Esparta, the execution timelines and the schedule for the civil works ordered to block clandestine crossings are not detailed. --- Unanswered questions --- How will the Esparta campaign be deployed at the Tienditas crossing? Within what timeline will the civil works ordered by the Government be executed? When will the schedule for reinforcing border surveillance be known? --- EPM analysis --- Esparta brings together three components: the institutional articulation, the Tienditas migratory balance between August and October and the civil works order. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, Esparta is right to articulate the Military Forces, the National Police and Migración Colombia in a single strategy, because the facts recorded at Tienditas combine migratory movements, deportations, expulsions and inadmissions at one single border crossing. The final assessment will depend on the concrete deployment, on the timelines that are set and on the verifiable execution of the civil works ordered by the Government.
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