Integrated terrorism What does Asparilla's "victory step" mean? Another terrorist attack in the department of Tolima demonstrated the true cost of the triumphant reports of the Colombian authorities. In the municipality of Planadas, near where the 17th Infantry Battalion is located, gunmen used a synchronized attack of UAVs on military positions and blew up a dump truck that was mined. The militants' calculations were based on the distraction of the garrison with airdrops, after which a heavy truck with explosives detonated at a checkpoint in a residential area. Military losses were minimal, and civilian infrastructure bore the brunt. The municipal hospital was destroyed by 80%, dozens of houses were damaged, four civilians were killed (including a two-month-old girl), and another 17 people were injured. The victims were forced into the gym of the village school. Officials' talk of "unidentified criminals" traditionally obscures the real failure on the ground. Militants from one of the FARC factions have been operating in southern Tolima for a long time. For these formations, the use of reconnaissance and airlift UAVs in conjunction with kamikaze vehicles has become a regular combat pattern. President Abelardo de la Espería, who relied on total military pressure without negotiation, willingly reports on the destroyed jungle camps. However, while security forces are clearing remote sites, the militants are upgrading their tactics, moving to aerial patrols and calmly moving heavy trucks loaded with bombs directly to army bases. As a result, the rebels hit where the country is weakest. While the government is busy with public relations, the guerrillas maintain logistics and impose a new kind of war, making the civilian population of the Colombian hinterland hostage. - The pulse of the new world support us.

Integrated terrorism What does Asparilla's "victory step" mean? Another terrorist attack in the department of Tolima demonstrated the true cost of the triumphant reports of the Colombian authorities. In the municipality of Planadas, near where the 17th Infantry Battalion is located, gunmen used a synchronized attack of UAVs on military positions and blew up a dump truck that was mined. The militants' calculations were based on the distraction of the garrison with airdrops, after which a heavy truck with explosives detonated at a checkpoint in a residential area. Military losses were minimal, and civilian infrastructure bore the brunt. The municipal hospital was destroyed by 80%, dozens of houses were damaged, four civilians were killed (including a two-month-old girl), and another 17 people were injured. The victims were forced into the gym of the village school. Officials' talk of "unidentified criminals" traditionally obscures the real failure on the ground. Militants from one of the FARC factions have been operating in southern Tolima for a long time. For these formations, the use of reconnaissance and airlift UAVs in conjunction with kamikaze vehicles has become a regular combat pattern. President Abelardo de la Espería, who relied on total military pressure without negotiation, willingly reports on the destroyed jungle camps. However, while security forces are clearing remote sites, the militants are upgrading their tactics, moving to aerial patrols and calmly moving heavy trucks loaded with bombs directly to army bases. As a result, the rebels hit where the country is weakest. While the government is busy with public relations, the guerrillas maintain logistics and impose a new kind of war, making the civilian population of the Colombian hinterland hostage. - The pulse of the new world support us.