During the inspection, military and campaign material was found, such as a machine gun, 827 7.62 ammunition projectiles, 997 5.56 caliber projectiles.
Esmeraldas
Armed Forces personnel found supplies for military use in a rest base used by illegal armed groups in a town of Mataje, on the northern border of Esmeraldas.
The discovery was made around noon on Thursday the 20th during a reconnaissance patrol by members of the Motorized Infantry Battalion (Bimot – 13), in the Corriente Larga sector, belonging to the Mataje parish, located in the San Lorenzo canton.
A wooden house was found in the area, which was apparently used as a resting place for irregular groups from Colombia.
About five people would have been in that house and when fleeing they fired shots during the military incursion, without reporting deaths or injuries.
In Esmeraldas, during the transfer of the coffin to the cemetery, an armed confrontation was recorded
During the inspection, military and campaign material was found, such as a machine gun, 827 7.62 ammunition projectiles, 997 5.56 caliber projectiles and 433 0.8 caliber ammunition, 6 hand grenades, 21 feeders, Colombian pesos, military clothing and some utensils. revealed Frank Cando, commander of the Bimot-13.
No arrests were made in this operation. The seized material was handed over by the military to the judicial and police authorities of San Lorenzo del Pailón.
In September 2021, the Armed Forces dismantled a supposed rest base for armed groups on the northern border.
In said operation, two Ecuadorians and five foreigners who remained in the place were arrested. (I)
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