The report revealed that four individuals were demobilized and 20 others were captured in the departments of Norte de Santander, Santander and Cauca.

With a police deployment of more than 300 men in the municipalities of Cúcuta, Los Patios and El Zulia, in Norte de Santander; and in Barrancabermeja, Santander, a criminal structure that called itself Pepinos or Manzanero and served the ELN’s Carlos Germán Velasco Villamizar urban front was dismantled, the note detailed

The police called Operation Alpha the actions in Cúcuta that led to the capture of 17 members of the Pepinos criminal organization, eight by court order, two more in flagrante delicto and seven were charged in prisons.

The operation led to the clarification of 14 homicides and two massacres, as well as the seizure of more than 87 million pesos in cash (about US$20,000 at the current exchange rate), cell phones, gold, ammunition and suppliers.

In the town of Lourdes, also in Norte de Santander, the forces of law and order together with the Aerospace Force intercepted members of the Juan Fernando Porras Martínez front of the aforementioned insurgent group.

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