The Colombian authorities says 15 cops and 12 troopers have been killed over the previous two weeks in focused assaults it blames on armed teams.
President Gustavo Petro accused the Gulf Clan prison gang and different armed teams of concentrating on members of the safety forces in revenge for the latest killing of a number of of their leaders.
The federal government has supplied a reward for info resulting in the arrest of these behind the assaults.
Petro was elected on a promise to convey “complete peace” to Colombia, however on Friday his inside minister acknowledged that the technique was “not going effectively”, following the breakdown of talks with the Gulf Clan and a number of other different armed teams.
Petro printed an inventory on X of the names of the 15 cops and 12 troopers which he stated had been “systematically” killed since 15 April.
In accordance with the checklist, 10 of the cops have been murdered on obligation, whereas 5 have been killed off obligation.
Seven of the troopers on the checklist all died in a single ambush on Sunday in Guaviare province. The military has blamed that assault on a dissident Farc insurgent group.
The Farc, quick for Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, signed a peace take care of the federal government in 2016 and most of its fighters laid down their arms.
However a substantial variety of Farc rebels who didn’t agree with the deal shaped dissident teams which have continued to battle the safety forces.
In an effort to convey peace to Colombia, Petro’s authorities held talks with a few of these dissident teams, in addition to with rebels of the Nationwide Liberation Military (ELN), and members of the Gulf Clan prison gang.
However Petro suspended the talks with the ELN in January, accusing it of getting “no will for peace”.
He additionally opted to not renew a ceasefire with a dissident Farc insurgent group in April.
Talks with the Gulf Clan additionally stalled after police launched an operation in opposition to the group’s chief, referred to as “Chiquito Malo” (Spanish for “Dangerous Shorty”), in February.
Chiquito Malo escaped unhurt, however days later one other senior chief, referred to as “Terror”, and his bodyguards have been killed by police.
The Colombian authorities says that the Gulf Clan ordered its members to kill on- and off-duty cops and troopers in revenge for these operations.
