Photos released by the FARC
By: Elespectador.com
Radio Caracol revealed these photographs taken by FARC guerrillas. The rebel group claims to be responsible for bringing down the aircraft of the Air Force who was supporting operations in Jambaló, Cauca.
Fotos entregadas por las Farc
Por: Elespectador.com
Caracol Radio reveló estas fotografías tomadas por guerrilleros de las Farc. El grupo subversivo dice ser el responsable de derribar la aeronave de la Fuerza Aérea que se encontraba apoyando operaciones en Jambaló, Cauca.
Radio Caracol revealed these photographs taken by FARC guerrillas. The rebel group claims to be responsible for bringing down the aircraft of the Air Force who was supporting operations in Jambaló, Cauca.
Fotos entregadas por las Farc
Por: Elespectador.com
Caracol Radio reveló estas fotografías tomadas por guerrilleros de las Farc. El grupo subversivo dice ser el responsable de derribar la aeronave de la Fuerza Aérea que se encontraba apoyando operaciones en Jambaló, Cauca.
Súper Tucano accidentado en Cauca 2
Súper Tucano accidentado en Cauca.
Súper Tucano accidentado en Cauca
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Súper Tucano accidentado en Cauca.
Súper Tucano accidentado en Cauca
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Súper Tucano accidentado en Cauca.
Tripulación del Súper Tucano
Tripulación del Súper Tucano accidentado en Cauca.
The Colombian Air Force said Thursday afternoon two crew members
manning a crashed airplane, which may have been shot down by guerrillas,
had been found dead in the southwestern Cauca department.
Air Force Commander General Tito Pinilla confirmed the deaths and
identified the two crew members as Oscar Castillo and Andres Serrano
Lemus.
The commander said there were “no indications that [the plane] was shot down by the FARC," despite the group's "Jacobo Arenas" column issuing photographs
that supposedly proved they were responsible for the attack. Earlier on
Thursday Pinilla said it “could not be ruled out” that FARC guerrillas
had shot the plane down.
“We have already found the lost aircraft. One body is at the site,
the other is with the FARC,” said Pinilla, adding that intercepted FARC
messages revealed that the guerrilla group were planning to plant mines
around the site of the crash to hinder the military's recovery efforts.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos
commented on the news Thursday, saying “We still don’t know what
happened, but it is very improbable the plane was shot down by the FARC
because they have no capacity to do it," referring to the group's lack
of anti-aircraft weaponry. If the FARC has managed to procure
anti-aircraft weaponry it could be a game-changer in the Colombian
conflict, as the government's ability to carry out airstrikes has been
one of its most powerful counterinsurgency tools.
Cauca is a traditional FARC stronghold, and a string of violent
incidents in recent days highlighted the troubling security situation in
the department.
A motorcyle loaded with explosives, allegedly by the FARC, detonated
Tuesday killing a nine-year-old boy and injuring five others.
A privately-owned helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing
in the town of Argelia Tuesday, after which the aircraft's two-man crew
were believed to be kidnapped by FARC guerrillas, and remain missing.
400 people occupied a military base near the troubled town of Toribio Wednesday,
where ongoing conflict between the FARC and government troops forced an
estimated 600 people from their homes in recent weeks, to demand the
withdrawal of armed groups -- whether legal or not -- from their town. "We
will not attack the military(...) We will only ask them to withdraw, as
has been done with the guerrillas," said Toribio's former Mayor Gabriel
Pavi.
Santos visited the indigenous community Wednesday
to announce a security strategy aimed at curbing violence in Cauca. The
plan would increase military presence in the region and encourage
social development.
Source: http://colombiareports.com
Source: http://colombiareports.com
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