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IED
IED event in Colombia on Sat 16th May 2026
16th May 2026
In the Guaico hamlet, of the municipality of Briceño, soldiers from the No. 4 Field Artillery Battalion of the #FourthBrigade engaged in an encounter battle with alleged members of the commission of alias Chala, belonging to the GAOr Structure 36. During the exchange of gunfire, the subjects fled the scene, abandoning war matériel and supplies. In the operation, a pistol, two spare barrels for 7.62 mm machine gun, an artisanal grenade for drone, a camouflage item, two armbands alluding to the GAOr Structure 36, and supply materials were seized. With these actions, we continue in the territory impacting the criminal capabilities of these residual organized armed groups that operate in northern Antioquia.
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