Key points:
- In addition to the five military men, authorities also detained four civilians travelling with them, believed to be members of the Urabeños.
- Antioquia's state attorney general's office yesterday filed charges against the five soldiers before a judge of guarantees in Apartadó. They were carged with narco trafficking, agravated conspiracy to commit a crime and the use of weapons restricted to the armed forces. The prosecutor has requested that the defendants be held on remand.
- In a separate operation (Operación Pescador) in which the authorities detained 33 people for alleged membership of the self-proclaimed Autodefensas Unidas Nortesantandereanas (AUN), three soldiers, a local police officer and a lawyer were arrested in Cúcuta, capital of Norte de Santander department. Authorities are still searching for another police officer. All the detainees are suspected of participation in at least 50 homicides. The AUN was founded by former members of the Urabeños.
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