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Three alleged Iván Mordisco dissidents captured in Cali over Manizales plot

President Abelardo De La Espriella announced the capture in Cali of three alleged members of a cell of the Jaime Martínez structure, part of the Iván Mordisco…

--- The context --- The Farc dissidents led by alias Iván Mordisco maintain active structures in several regions, and their Jaime Martínez structure has been accused of preparing explosive actions against capital cities, according to the official information released on Tuesday. The explosive attacks carried out on August 7 in Manizales, capital of Caldas, opened an investigation into who planned them, financed them and facilitated them with logistics and material, not only who executed them. --- The facts --- President Abelardo De La Espriella announced the capture of three alleged members of a cell of the Jaime Martínez structure during an operation carried out by the National Police in Cali. According to the information provided by the president, the detainees would be linked to planning the explosive attacks of August 7 in Manizales. Among those captured is alias Nano, identified as the alleged leader of this cell and accused of serving as the liaison to obtain explosives and weapons. Alias Madre Carmen was also detained; according to official information, she would be responsible for recruiting collaborators to transport the explosive material, and alias Trozo is accused of mobilizing the people linked to these activities. During the raids carried out by the authorities, a bar of pentolite, eight cartridges, five cell phones and a motorcycle were seized. Those items were placed at the disposal of the authorities to advance the investigations into the activities of the illegal structure. --- The positions --- When announcing the results of the operation, De La Espriella assured that the offensive against criminal organizations will continue and warned that the authorities will pursue both those who carry out the attacks and those who participate in financing and planning them. According to his statement, there is no refuge in Colombia for those who prepare attacks against the population. The president also indicated that, before this operation, the Public Force had captured three other people allegedly linked to the Manizales attacks, among them the alleged material authors of the attacks. The investigations will have to establish the scope of the participation of the new detainees within the structure. --- What remains unknown --- The course of the prosecution of the three captured in Cali and what the analysis of the five seized cell phones will contribute are not yet known. Nor has it been specified whether the arrests will make it possible to identify more members of the network in charge of facilitating the transfer of explosive material and weapons for the actions of the Jaime Martínez structure. --- Unanswered questions --- Will the evidence against alias Nano, alias Madre Carmen and alias Trozo sustain in court their alleged participation in planning the Manizales attacks? Will the analysis of the seized phones reveal more links in the network between Cali and Manizales? Will the announced offensive manage to dismantle the capacity of the Jaime Martínez structure to plan explosive attacks in capitals? --- EPM analysis --- From a progressive perspective, the value of the operation is that it targets the complete chain and not only the executors: obtaining explosives, recruiting collaborators and moving logistics are the links that make an attack possible. Cutting that network between Cali and Manizales directly protects the civilian population of both cities, provided the prosecution confirms each accusation with evidence. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, the Cali captures show an investigation that advances over the planning of the August 7 attacks and does not settle for the material authors already detained. The result will be complete if the justice system turns the accusations against the three alleged members into solid charges and if the seized material, from the pentolite to the phones, serves to dismantle the network that made it possible to move explosives between departments.
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