The National Army dealt a heavy blow to Ivan Mordisco’s structure: 175 kilograms of anfo-type explosive
On the night of Sunday, September 29, 2024, Colombian military forces confirmed a powerful strike on a structure commanded by Néstor Gregorio Vera Fernández, known in the criminal world as Iván Mordisco.
Through a publication on its X account, the national army explained that the operation was carried out in the midst of offensive operations by the troops of the 56th Infantry Battalion in conjunction with the Colombian Navy.
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When developing activities, The army managed to find a total of 175 kilograms of explosives of the anfo type and other elements that were prepared to be used against the community, probably owned by the structure of Rafael Aguilera, whose leader is Iván Mordisco.
According to Army Intelligence, the amount of explosives the Army found could “deal damage at a distance of at least 100 meterswhich could have caused a tragedy affecting children, women and grandparents who reside in this area of Cauca Pacific.
“As part of the development of offensive operations and institutional presence in the last few hours, units of the infantry battalion #56 @COL_EJERCITO in conjunction with @ArmadaColombia located an illegal warehouse where the criminals of the Rafael Aguilera structure, whose leader is the alias Iván Mordisco, had stored about 175 kilograms of explosives of the anfo type and other elements that were prepared to be used against the community, with which they could cause damage in a radius of at least 100 meters,” the publication on the social network reads.
For this reason, the military forces celebrated that “the quick response of the troops prevented the activation of charges that had the capacity to destroy an entire district”.
As for the operation, once the devices were found, EDS technicians arrived in the sector to initiate security protocols and take over the situation.
Finally, the national military confirmed that “devices containing explosives were destroyed in a controlled manner to avoid collateral damage.”
On September 25, 2024, local authorities in Pradera, a municipality in the rural region of the Valle del Cauca Department, announced that in response to growing insecurity in the region, soldiers from the Military Engineer Battalion of the Third Brigade of the Colombian National Army deployed an operation to prevent a terrorist act.
In coordination with the Explosives and Demolition Group (Exde), They managed to detonate a cylindrical explosive device in a controlled manner in the Potrerito district of this municipality.
According to the first report of the bomb squad The homemade and improvised device had a capacity of approximately 15 kilograms of explosives and had a wireless activation system operated by remote control. This device was intended to attack units while passing through the sector. So far, no illegal organizations are known to be responsible for the installation of the explosive device.
For this reason, in order to guarantee the tranquility of the population of the region, the National Army has reinforced the presence of uniformed personnel and is conducting an investigation to clarify the facts, given that these crimes in Pradera have become a permanent threat to the population.
The Sugarcane Agro-Industrial Union has expressed its concern over insecurity in the region and called on the national government to take effective measures against criminal groups. The situation in Pradera reflects a wider security problem in the rural areas of Valle del Cauca, where the presence of armed and criminal groups threatens the lives and well-being of residents and workers.