Colombia Weekly Security Report No. Year X No. 531 December 28th - January 3rd This document contents reserved information, property of PILGRIM SECURITY LTDA. The information in this report is obtained from different sources, including the evaluation made by our risk consultants. This report doesn’t warrantee any risk control. PILGRIM SECURITY LTDA., is nor responsible for the accuracy of the facts here described, the opinions or comments expressed in the report don’t express the company position. 2015 - 2016 Colombia Risk Map STATISTICS Statistics (Click to display and click to hide) Analysis (Click to display and click to hide) SECURITY ANALYSIS Summary of the week: Peace process • Minister of Justice ensures that reprieves to guerrillas will be effective in 2016. Yesid Reyes Alvarado said that the verification process of the 30 pardons granted by the Government is now going forward. • 'Gabino' ensures that negotiations between the ELN and the Government agenda "have been agreed". The guerrilla commander said he hoped that, at the beginning of next year the beginning of dialogues can be made public. However, he warned the need for a bilateral ceasefire. • 'Iván Márquez' questioned delays in release of pardoned guerrillas. The Government has said that these accusations have no justification whatsoever. • Up to now only three of the 30 guerrillas who will be pardoned are compliant. The Minister of Justice, Yesid Reyes, pointed out that the verification process has taken too long. • The Embera indigenous who have been displaced in Colombia, peace is a "lie". Despite advances in Havana, many are still afraid to return to the lands that were cut off by the violence. • The leader of the FARC, Rodrigo Londoño, alias 'Timochenko', said that the pending discussion about the peace process, as the bilateral ceasefire and the delivery of weapons, are "extensive, complex and delicate", so it should not be subjected to "pressures and fatal deadlines". • The National Government highlighted the significant advances in exploratory talks with the guerrillas of the ELN, which advances from January 2014 in Ecuador, in order to initiate a peace process similar to the one the Executive has with the FARC guerrillas for more than three years in Havana. • Uribe disapproves the peace process one more time. To almost thousand days of the start of negotiations between the Government and the FARC, the former President criticized the possibility that the guerrillas do not go to prison. 1. Critical Level 2. Hith Level 3. Medium Level Analysis: We started the 2016 with a hope that should have been consolidated before. While there is no doubt that the Government has done everything within its reach to accelerate the peace accords in Havana, the reality is that any post-conflict with the FARC will find a Colombia with serious economic problems that will 4. Low Level condition the political landscape and the landing of what is agreed. However, that is no reason to doubt the success of this historic effort, but it should be at the head of all the parties involved at the time of making promises and claim benefits. That will depend to a large extent, if we consider 2016 as a success or a missed opportunity. ((For alertness, Click to display and Of course the issue is not only of economic model. The social investments necessary to create a new Colombia are in sight. To ensure a true end to the conflict click to hide) the State will need to be present in all the places where historically it has been absent, and we refer not only to the Public Force. What measures will be taken to begin solving the gap of inequality between social classes and regions in the country? In education, for example, the project ‘Ser Pilo Paga’ is an excellentALERT LEVEL MEDIUM. is HIGH ALERT LEVEL. ItIt is WARNING LEVEL CRITICAL. example of how interventions that may cause immediate changes can be made, but we are in debt from a better education policy that goes beyond the used in situations in which it is used to indicate significantly It is used indicate the coverage and ensures quality. ALERT LEVELtoLOW. The level known of the presence of illegal high threat areas such as Effects: of Under emergency events ofpresence alertness implies that armed groups, but under the points and sectors that President Santos is preparing peace summit. The peace process between the Government and the FARC will undoubtedly be the main source of news this year. involve that being alert have and the threats are assessed as The purpose of this meeting is to define the positions of the Government at the peace negotiations meetings about the remaining issues that make reference to conditions current of analysis, reported actions and attacks by insecurity terrorist actions. The relatively identifiable, it feels the so-called end of the conflict, and that means promptly bilateral cessation of fire, the path of combatants’ reintegration and the delivery of weapons.are In not armed perceived as aactions direct illegal or in critical and level for groups, violent addition, proposals for endorsement and implementation of the peace agreements will be treated. (In development) normal security in the area, threat not recorded activity and which the active presence of th On January 7 , President Juan Manuel Santos will analyze the final stage of the peace process which is moving forward with the FARC guerrillas, in Havana. Fora minimum continued and active with level ofpresence risk. the area isisis controlled by the the same reported. this appointment international advisers and negotiators of the Government have been called. of groups characterized by police. illegal. Caribbean Region Events against the civil society Events against the Public Forces Events against infrastructure Actions related with drug trafficking Actions against Illegal Armed Groups Statistics (Click here to show and click here to hide) Analysis (Click here to show and click here to hide) SECURITY ANALYSIS FOR THE REGION STATISTICS The Vice-Minister for multilateral affairs, Francisco Echeverry, announced that the Government will launch actions of shock to give effect to the measures imposed by the Inter-American Commission on human rights (IACHR), precautionary to protect theGuajira Alta Wayuu communities. The official defended the work of the Executive in this area of Colombia in the north, at the time who said that the Government is not responsible for the climatic factors that for more than 4 years have been affecting the Alta Guajira, such as drought. Other interesting facts were: • • • • • • A helicopter with logos of the Venezuelan National Guard, who presented mechanical failures, fell on the border of Colombia and Venezuela, in the sector of La Raya, jurisdiction of Paraguachón municipality, in La Guajira. New Governor of La Guajira claims payment of the social debt with his Department. Oneida Pinto took office in the municipality of Manaure which records most of the children who died because of malnutrition. The address Territorial Guajira-Cesar of the unit's restitution land presented during 2015, 280 claims judges specialized in restitution of lands. Through these actions, legal restitution and material properties of the victims of the internal armed conflict are sought, in the jurisdiction of the unit in this area of the country. A fault in the electrical system that did lose power to the motor, apparently was the cause of a plane type Cesna fumigation could fall on a plantation of oil palm in the municipality of San Martin, South of Cesar, leaving the injured pilot of the aircraft. "The Atlantic will be territory of peace, competitive and a national leader": Eduardo Verano. The summer Governor took office in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Barranquilla before 4,000 people. The Durango general de la Nación, Jorge Fernando Perdomo, warned that the accusing entity follows 637 inquiries against 350 elected mayors nationwide, of which there are 72 in the Caribbean region, and that they take possession on January 1st, 2016. Corozal (Sucre) Manaure (Guajira) December 28: In a joint operation by the Military San Andrés yGaula Providencia. December By of thethe increase of threats his Forces, the28: National Policeagainst and Gaula Barranquilla (Atlántico) January 2: Units ofJavier the Navy development of control life the leading wayuu Rojas, representative of the military Caribbean and the Prosecutor's Office, Maicao (Guajira) January 1: The NationalinPolice obtained the and maritime surveillance the archipelago of capture San Association oftoShipia Wayuu, traditional authorities from belonging thefor departments ofthe the Atlantic, December 28: Early Sunday, murder of five of two people the crime of manufacturing, Andres and Providencia, found a package containing Manaure, said that he could not be present in the followcaptured German Ojeda Sotelo alias ‘Mancha', in the indigenous Puwaimana, in La firearms Guajira shipping andcommunity traffic narcotic drugs, cocaine floating in the sea. of up meeting and conclusion of measures granted by the occurred, to on account of- alleged illegal groups municipality ofthe Corozal Sucre, thearmed murder belonging two men were seized. International Commission oncaptured humanfor rights for the of seekingCamargo to snatch their land. professional soldier of Ricardo Sanchez, indigenous children of Manaure, Riohacha and Maicao, the National Army, linked to the military Gaula Uribia precautionary. Caribbean. INCIDENT SUMMARY (To visualize the incidents, Click on the map icons to show and hide) Pacific Region Events against the civil society Events against the Public Forces Events against infrastructure Actions related with drug trafficking Actions against Illegal Armed Groups Statistics (Click here to show and click here to hide) Analysis (Click here to show and click here to hide) STATISTICS SECURITY ANALYSIS FOR THE REGION The National Police carried out extraordinary Security Council in the Department of Cauca. With strong devices and road controls, police will reduce the theft on the road between Narino and Cauca. The Department of police Nariño, in head of Señor Coronel Juan Carlos Rodríguez Acosta, accompanied by the Commander of the Department of Cauca police, Edgar Orlando Rodriguez Castrillon, and the Prosecutor's offices director, Dr. William Forero Perea, performed at Remolino small village an extraordinary Security Council, in order to analyze the criminal events in the last month. "Strengthens work articulated through the implementation of new strategies between the departments of Cauca and Nariño particularly in the village of San Juanito de Mercaderes of Cauca, to reduce thefts to people and vehicles", explained in a press release. Other interesting facts were: • Dilian Francisca Toro already took office as Governor of Valle del Cauca. The medical and former Congressman is the first woman to be popularly elected as President of the Department. • Oscar Rodrigo Campo, took office as Governor of Cauca, women will majority in the Government team; nine members in total. Similarly, he mentioned that four mayors who will be ending his term on December 31st , will take part in his working group for their performance and local results they had. • Cauca: 49 people intoxicated during possession of Mayor. According to the authorities, citizens are intoxicated after consuming cold dishes in the Act of possession of the Caloto Major. • Dispossession as the origin of the conflict over the land in Cauca. The current situation of the indigenous people of Cauca, who have been forced to live in the high lands of low productivity, has origins in the historic dispossession carried out by the land-owning class. • National Navy located in Buenaventura a semi-submersible. In 1993 it seized the first submersible in the service of drug trafficking ,so far 90 illegal artifacts have been neutralized by the authorities. • On the occasion of the festivities of New Year’s eve and Carnival in the Department of Nariño, the command of the twenty third Brigade, third Division of the Army, ordered the restriction to the of firearms with pass, based on the law 2535 of December 17th, 1993. The measure will be effective until next January 15th 2016, which extends to the carrying of explosives and war material, as a precautionary measure while developing the main festivities of the region, such as the Carnival of blacks and whites. Barbacoas (Nariño) Tumaco (Nariño) Buenaventura (Valle del Cauca) Buenaventura (Valle del Cauca) Buenaventura (Valle del Cauca) December 29:Cauca) Soldiers of the Jungle battalion N. 53 Cali (Valle Capurgana (Choco) December José deldel palmar 31: National (Choco) Army captured menin December 29:Troops Troops of the National Army December 28: and National Police December 28: from Navy the Marine Infantry Brigade 'Colonel Francisco José Gonzále,z' aftertwo rigorly December 30: The National Police captured and December 28: The Secretary of Chocó Government, Tumaco (Nariño) who December committed 31: crime Troops through of the Ground drug Combat trafficking Battalion anda coordination with CTI members, captured a 22yearcaptured five men involved in the assault N. 2, with the support of Pacific Coast Guard units, inspecting captured Antonio Mesa, 19-year-old, of Luis Capurgana (Choco) sent members ofillegal a family to the jail with security Biskman Calimeño, confirmed the murder ofrescued Ofelia January 3: The Army and the National Police aof N.six 161, located fuel tank with 100 gallons located the artifact without engines. An artifact semimurder, who were found with more than one kilo of old subject, belonging to a structure of the organized Carlos Angulo Landázuri, 27year-old, and Bayro Mesa passengers’ transport vessel, which soccurred on January 1: The Capurgana police through schemes string Mendoza Úsuga, leader of restitution of lands in the measure designated to belong to a drug that minor who had disappeared on December 31 , and who gasoline, processed in the front and 450 gallons of submersible type, that would be used for the shipment of 27-year-old, at carrying of alkaloids. pasta based on coca, belonging apparently ofin the crime gang ‘La Compañía', that offenders the last Sunday morning, on the North coast the of control inat this tourist captured a and person for Department, times they visited with family was allegedly going toservice bearea, victim ofNorth afriends people trafficking ACPM Aurelio Rodriguez SAT-T FARC. Apparently these sent drugs to Central America cocaine to the illegal markets of America. This criminal gangs in the of drug trafficking. commune 10. municipality. the alleged crime of trafficking, manufacturing or innetwork. a hostel of her property, Capurganá small town. The young was rescued at Llorente inputs would be used woman for in the processing cocaine. operation was developed in the mouths ofofthe Naya River carrying of narcotic small rural areadrugs. of this municipality. sector.town, INCIDENT SUMMARY (To visualize the incidents, Click on the map icons to show and hide) Orinoquia Region Events against the civil society Events against the Public Forces Events against infrastructure Actions related with drug trafficking Actions against Illegal Armed Groups Statistics (Click here to show and click here to hide) Analysis (Click here to show and click here to hide) SECURITY ANALYSIS FOR THE REGION The Governor of the Colombian Arauca Department, Ricardo Alvarado, has stated that it is necessary to proceed to the formal "stage" of dialogue with the ELN and the consolidation of peace with all the armed actors and that without dialogue peace may not be achieved in the country. "If there is no agreement (with the ELN) and does not move with the guerrilla group and we did not include the border, Venezuelans in this exercise, there will be no peace, and peace will become a utopia.“ Other interesting facts were: • • • • • • • In Yopal Mayor John Jairo Torres, through Decree 001 from January 1st, 2016, assumed the Secretaries of Chambers, who will be accompanied by the current administration in different dependencies of Yopal municipal administration. The Institute of hydrology, meteorology and environmental studies (IDEAM) issued in the last hours the red alert because of fire in Arauca Department, in view of the increase in climate temperature on behalf of the el Niño phenomenon. After an intense campaign to improve the health status of the livestock herd, the Secretariat of agriculture, livestock and environment achieved to certify 179 properties such as brucellosis and bovine tuberculosis-free territories. STATISTICS Villavicencio Government carries out the public accountability of childhood and adolescence. Casanare: Rules, schedules and restrictions for transport of livestock. An important recommendation is the schedule for the transport of livestock in Casanare Department, which is from 5:00 in the morning until 6:00 in the afternoon, "they have to take into account that truck that is on the way after this time is illegal, it is won that it comes from smuggling or is gained that it has been stolen" , emphasized Lieutenant Naranjo. Court of El Calvario admitted injunction against the reform to the Plan de Ordenamiento Territorial of Villavicencio. An amount of $19 million to invest the Russian company Rosnef Gazstroy in order to build the refinery of Meta. An agreement of understanding was already signed according to the Meta’s governor -Alan Jara Urzola- announcement. San Luis de Palenque Villavicencio (Meta) (Casanare) Diciembre The tenth Sixth Brigade, 8th Division December 29: 30: Military Gaula Meta with support of CTI, organic reportsanti-extorsion capture in flagrante delicto through troops, an operating with package lurefrom and four people, delivery in the moment whichinmobilized a lot of controlled carried in out the Centre of cattle trucks, catching apparently, a robbery. The Villavicencio, in product flagrante ofdelicto alias ‘Jhon operation was conducted villageMeta, of Santana. Jairo‘, 35-year-old native in ofthe Cubarral who had been urging the block name Libertadores del Vichada, the sum of one million pesos to a rentier capital of this city. INCIDENT SUMMARY (To visualize the incidents, Click on the map icons to show and hide) Amazon Region Events against the civil society Events against the Public Forces Events against infrastructure Actions related with drug trafficking Actions against Illegal Armed Groups Statistics (Click here to show and click here to hide) Analysis (Click here to show and click here to hide) SECURITY ANALYSIS FOR THE REGION "Moving assistance to victims unit will roll on roads from 11 departments.” An initiative of the Justice Ministry law, which depends directly on the leadership of transitional justice in the entity and offers free services. the Unit aims to assist and guide people affected by violence in the departments of Arauca, Caquetá, Casanare, Putumayo, Nariño, Chocó, Cauca, Valle del Cauca, Risaralda, Caldas and Quindio. In total, there are alread 50.974 victims who have had access to the five remedies contemplated by the law because of the Ministry of Justice, through such a moving unit, they have been sought and oriented in their populations and villages. Other interesting facts were: • • • • Massacre in Puerto Asis, Putumayo. Amid the celebrations of new year's Eve, the murder of three people in Puerto Asís (Putumayo) went almost unnoticed. Land restitution Unit presented a package of demands, on behalf of the indigenous communities of Putumayo jungles and Tenteya of Orito municipality, to achieve the collective titling of more than 2 thousand hectares in this area of the South of the country. This action will benefit more than 400 persons belonging to these communities. Traffickers use 7 peasant and pay him 0.50 per gram of coca. In that and other areas of Colombia, illicit crops spread in 2014. The latest report of the United Yaruguaco (Caquetá) San José del(Caquetá) Guaviare (Guaviare) Florencia Nations Office on drugs and crime (UNDOC), published inDecember July 2015, reveals 23: Secretary of Army publicand works in the December 31: The The National the National January 2: National Police dismantled three that the area of coca crops increased by 44%. The 48 000 hectare inof2013 Department the architect Julián Police through a Guaviare, checkpoint on the that leadsBonilla to the criminal organizations engaged in road various illegal activities spent 69 000 has in 2014. In Puerto Asis, a town of aboutNaranjo 60 000 was inhabitants killed by shot. National out who the municipality of Yurayaco, twocarried subjects including the theft of intercepted mobile police phones, homes and and that it is bounded by succumbing, more than 90% of farmers are dedicated investigation ofwhose the fact. were transporting themembers hallucinogen backpack that motorcycles, would in be alinked with several to monoculture plantations of coca. It is the livelihood of the families livinggoing in occurred apparently was to be marketed in last moreyear. than one cases of killings that during the rural areas. million pesos. 800 men and women and old people, young people, children, moving in the Amazon Pearl from different corner, located in the municipality of Puerto Asis, Putumayo, to commemorate the first 15 years of its Constitution as a peasant reserve area. INCIDENT SUMMARY (To visualize the incidents, Click on the map icons to show and hide) STATISTICS Andean Region Events against the civil society Events against the Public Forces Events against infrastructure Actions related with drug trafficking Actions against Illegal Armed Groups Statistics (Click here to show and click here to hide) Analysis (Click here to show and click here to hide) SECURITY SITUATION ANALYSIS IN THE REGION There was an increase of killings in Antioquia, and in Medellin were they reduced by 2015. The security of Medellin continues retrieving, according to the instruction of the Mayor Federico Gutiérrez in its first Security Council, carried out this Saturday, January 2nd. The Mayor of Medellin, Federico Gutiérrez Zuluaga, gave the precise instruction to Government forces regain security in the city as well as throughout the institutions. The local representative urged the security agencies to have zero tolerance with crimes such as extortion and the information and care for young people and children from the city providing secure environments in educational institutions, sporting arenas and public spaces, as a first phase of intervention. STATISTICS Other interesting facts were: • • • • • • • Victims in Antioquia celebrated Ramón Isaza continues in prison. According to INPEC sources, the new arrest warrant would have been issued by Court of Sonson in recent days, as a judicial process links him with the murder of two people in the East of Antioquia in 2004. Fires in Antioquia, Cundinamarca and Boyacá are also attacked by air. During the past two weeks, the Colombian Air Force has attended six forest fires presented in three departments where the flames could not be controlled in land. Up to 25 million pesos were demanding three criminals arrested by the police in Amalfi, Northeastern Antioquia, to release and let work seven miners who had refused to pay extortion. Seven workers were abducted for 10 hours at a mine, by alias “Nata" and "Rodrigo", while a minor known as alias "John" was in charge of waiting for them in a motorcycle to abscond with the money. In 2015 the guerrillas lost almost 2 thousand 500 men in Antioquia and surroundings. The general Jorge Arturo Salgado, Commander of the Seventh Army Division, presented the balance of operations of his unit, which operates in Antioquia and some municipalities of Chocó, Cordoba, Santander and Boyaca. Restitution of lands to reach more municipalities of Antioquia in 2016. The unit will reach 77 new paths where the entity documented new cases of looting. 82% of the municipalities of Antioquia is on red alert for fires. Forest fire alert in Norte de Santander. Authorities have different monitoring severe drought that occurs in the North of the Department. Gigante (Huila) Taraza Bogotá(Antioquia) (Cundinamarca) Cúcuta (Norte de Santander) Neiva (Huila) Ituango (Antioquia) Armenia (Quindío) Amalfi (Antioquia) December 30: The National Army captured an alleged Bello (Antioquia) Bogotá (Cundinamarca) December 28: Before the troops of the Army’s Ground Neiva (Huila) Bogotá (Cundinamarca) Bogotá (Cundinamarca) January 2: Union international de Police INTERPOL, th Brigade, Amalfi (Antioquia) Maceo (Antioquia) January 3: Troops of the 30 in coordination Bogotá (Cundinamarca) January 3: The National Army captured Jhon Fredy December 29: In total, there were three mines Quépame (Boyacá) December 29: Units of the miltary Gaula December 29: Up to 25 million pesos were offender, dedicated to the traffic, manufacture and Combat Battalion N° 132 of the moving brigade N° 25, 4in, January 3: In intensive care isboarded an eleven-year-old boy December 30: By men of the 13th brigade based in the December 30: National Army captured 4 people in December 30: The National Police dismantled agroup band with information from the Colombian police, captured alias January 2: Criminal group an inhabitant December 30: The National Police captured two December 29: In rural areas of the three people of ainof with the Cucuta CTI gave a forceful blow to neutralize December 29: A 26 58-year-old man was arrested Mosquera Sánchez, year-old, in ahead sector ofadults Huila antipersonnel which were disabled due towhen operations Risaralda inthree coordination with the CTI, Armenia, Quindio December 29: of the Infantry Battalion N. 2 in demanding criminals arrested by the police carrying ofin narcotic drugs, who was captured itsend was members of the front were handed over "Darío who received aTroops bullet impact in the while playing Colombian capital, affected the structures to flagrante who were doing illegal mining in San Luis "Duncan" or "Jerome", last grand capo ofdedicated the so-called that was indelicto, charge ofwar recruiting minors for drug they sector the Northwest of the city in order to steal the cell and aclandestine minor accused of keeping kidnapped forthe aselling few family were killed by shot. According to early versions of two rustic laboratories in the municipality of Bogota by the police, accused of storing and capital the crime of thef ItArmy. was establish that man carried out by the National The explosive devices, Department, captured two women and a man in flagrante Amalfi, Northeastern Antioquia, to and let work found under his shirt aELN, plastic bag with 390 grams Mariscal Antonio José de Sucre, captured three men inofhis Ramírez Castro" of the which isrelease part of the company with afor firearm with two friends, also minors. incident drug trafficking. structures, FARC and ELN urban small village, and specialized equipment for mining were "Oficnia dee Envigado". home. phone. By resisting, he attacked with aThe knife on hours, seven workers of awas mine. The detainees were the authorities, to the farm located at La Union village, Tibu, Campo 2Both small village, used by the ELN terrorist radioactive material illegally, reported that institution. would be involved in a band with which apparently which cause serious injury and mostly death, were found delicto in urban area of the capital, for being engaged in seven miners who had refused to pay extortion. marijuana; the man next to the illicit substance and the village of Sorquesito in the municipality of Quipama "Heroes of Tarazá" of that subversive group. The incident took place in the neighborhood Perez, in Bello, North of guerrilla seeking to pre-empt terrorist attacks. seized into time. forearm. demanding extortion payments. several men knocked the door and immediately riddled group remove hydrocarbon illegally. continuously committing robberies in several parts of in theValley under regions North and Antioquia. The the heroin sale. motorcycel. He is were nowofat dispposal ofprivate the Huila Policía (Boyaca) when they admitted to aUrabá property to occurred in the Coposa village.. the of Aburra. them arrived. Neiva, so was iton was arrested the village military,ofwho left it atand the first mine deactivated inmanufacturing Elshipping Aro. Nacional, charges ofby develop illicit mining activities. disposal fifth Prosecutor's Office in the capital of traffickingofof the narcotic. Huila. INCIDENT SUMMARY (To visualize the incidents, Click on the map icons to show and hide)