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Alias Caballo, alleged Frente Jaime Martínez chief, captured in Popayán

President Abelardo De La Espriella confirmed the capture of alias Caballo, the alleged commission chief of the Jaime Martínez Front, part of the Iván Mordisco…

--- The context --- The department of Cauca faces a complex public order situation driven by illegal armed groups, and among them the Jaime Martínez Front, one of the structures of the Farc dissidents led by Iván Mordisco, maintains a presence in different areas of the department. Against those structures, the Government is carrying out a sustained offensive in the southwest of the country, aimed both at the criminal organizations and at the illegal economies that finance their operations, according to the presidential statement released on Tuesday. --- The facts --- The President of the Republic, Abelardo De La Espriella, confirmed the capture of alias Caballo, the alleged commission chief of the Jaime Martínez Front, part of the Farc dissidents led by Iván Mordisco, in a new operation against the criminal structures operating in the southwest. The procedure took place in the Los Cerrillos village, in rural Popayán, during Operation Krathos, carried out by the Public Force. According to the information provided by the president, the detainee is alleged to be linked to homicides of social leaders, high impact massacres, recruitment of minors, threats and extortion. During the operation, six cell phones and a laptop computer were also seized. Those items were placed at the disposal of the authorities and will be analyzed to obtain information that allows the investigations to advance and possible support networks of the structure to be identified. --- The positions --- The head of State highlighted the result of the operation and assured that actions against illegal armed organizations will continue in the department. According to his statement, the Public Force will maintain offensive operations against these organizations and the strategy will keep targeting the illegal economies that finance them. So far, the available information comes from the presidential announcement and the data provided by the president about the operation. The authorities also link the captured man to directing criminal actions that have contributed to the deterioration of security conditions in different areas of the department of Cauca. --- What remains unknown --- Details of the prosecution of the captured man and the results of the analysis of the six cell phones and the seized laptop are not yet known. Nor has it been reported which support networks could be exposed by that material or the full scope of the illegal activities of the structure allegedly under his command. --- Unanswered questions --- What information will the analysis of the phones and the computer seized in Los Cerrillos provide? Will the capture of alias Caballo verifiably weaken the Jaime Martínez Front in Cauca? What new operations will the Public Force carry out against the illegal economies that finance that structure? --- EPM analysis --- From a progressive perspective, the central point of the operation is the protection of communities: the captured man is alleged to be behind homicides of social leaders, massacres, recruitment of minors, threats and extortion, that is, the gravest pressures suffered by the territories. If the seized material is properly investigated, the blow can translate into prevention by revealing the networks that sustain the structure. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, the capture of alias Caballo in Operation Krathos is a concrete step forward for the communities of Cauca, because it strikes the chain of command of a structure accused of the most sensitive violence against the population. Its real value will be measured by what follows: a solid prosecution, investigative use of the seized items and sustained operations that protect social leaders and minors, without turning the announcement into the only result.
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