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Chameleon Operation (Colombia)
Chameleon Operation (in Spanish language, Spanish, ''Operación Camaleón'') is a military operation by the National Army of Colombia that took place on June 13 and 14, 2010, with the aim of freeing four hostages held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla group. The hostages included three members of the National Police of Colombia, Colombian National Police (General Luis Herlindo Mendieta and Colonels Enrique Murillo and William Donato Gómez) and Sergeant Arbey Delgado from the national army. The operation took place in the municipality of El Retorno, in a jungle area where the Inírida River, Inírida river rises in the department of Guaviare Department, Guaviare, 28 kilometers from the site of Operation Jaque, which led to the release of 15 hostages in 2008. This mission was made possible thanks to several months of analysis by military intelligence and information gathered by army and police agents who infiltrated the FARC, as well as during the cap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guaviare Department
Guaviare () is a departments of Colombia, department of Colombia. It is in the southern central region of the country. Its capital is San José del Guaviare. Guaviare was created on July 4, 1991, by the new Colombian Constitution, Political Constitution of Colombia. Up until that point, it was a national territory that operated as a commissariat, segregated from territory of the then Commissariat of Vaupés Department, Vaupés on December 23, 1977. Municipalities # Calamar, Guaviare, Calamar # El Retorno # Miraflores, Guaviare, Miraflores # San José del Guaviare History Originally inhabited by the indigenous Nukak people, Guaviare was one of the regions colonized during the Amazon rubber boom of the 1910s and 1940s. Many families migrated from the centre of the country, seeking fast revenue and escaping from the bi-partisan violence taking place in other regions of Colombia. Nevertheless, the 'rubber fever' ended quickly, leaving the new inhabitants of Guaviare alone in an imm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
