Officials of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) destroyed a facility of Colombian Armed Drug Trafficking Terrorist groups (TANCOL), located in the Semprún municipality of Zulia state.
Through his account on the Twitter social network, the Strategic Operational Commander of the FANB, Domingo Hernández Lárez, explained that in these facilities were found 1,200 kilograms of gunpowder, 700 detonators, 130 explosive traps with shrapnel and six mortar grenades.
The actions are part of the Operation «Relámpago del Catatumbo» (Catatumbo Lightning), which is carried out in the territory.
Last Thursday, the President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, ordered an increase in operations against the TANCOL.
During the journey, Hernández Lárez explained that with the Bolivarian Shield 2022, 257 TANCOL structures have been destroyed.
GJ. Domingo Hernandez Larez
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“Operation «Relámpago del Catatumbo» in the Semprún municipality of Zulia state, FANB deactivates and destroys the TANCOL facility for the manufacture of explosives, among the evidence were 1200 kg of gunpowder, 700 detonators, 130 explosive traps with shrapnel and 6 mortar grenades.”
