On the morning of this Thursday, the troops of the National Army in an inter-institutional manner with the General Prosecutor’s Office, succeeded in rescuing a Canadian citizen in the urban area of ​​Maico, La Guajira who was kidnapped a few days ago.

According to the investigation, the man was captured by suspected members of the organized armed group GAO-r Commission 41. The military operation allowed the Canadian citizen to regain freedom in complete safety.

It was compiled by soldiers from the Guajira Military Gaula, who, after intelligence work, located the exact location where they had illegally detained the subject, who had been abducted since July 7, 2022.

Three subjects apparently related to the GAO-r 41 structure, who had in their possession three long guns, one sidearm, 303 rounds, eight magazines and a silencer.

Similarly, a van and a motorcycle were seized. The rescued person is currently back in Canada after receiving a medical assessment.

They rescued four fishermen after four days adrift in the Caribbean Sea: “We didn’t see land anywhere”

Since last August 2, four artisanal fishermen from the department of La Guajira were at work in the Caribbean Sea, and soon after they disappeared, until they were rescued by the coastguards of the National Navy during the search operations this weekend.

That day, the fishermen had gone out to carry out the task from the Manaures sector, but two days after he left, communication was lost. The wife of one of them informed the authorities through the captaincy of the port of Bolívar and the alert was activated.

The naval institution, through the Puerto Bolívar Coastguard Station, activated the search operation and established protocols, advising vessels that have sailed in the area to support the search in accordance with the schemes launched by the integrated system of the maritime traffic station of Saint Marta. Simultaneously, with the support of the Colombian Air Force, aerial patrols were carried out to search for the rescue vessel.

Apparently, the boat they were traveling in suffered mechanical failures, which led to them being dragged out to sea given the prevailing weather conditions in the area.

“For God’s sake, our engine just got damaged, we melted and the boat went down. We drifted and when we realized we couldn’t see land anywheresaid Antonio Cortés, one of the fishermen who suffered the emergency.

According to what he said, the next day they managed to communicate with Captain Orjuela of the navy, who paid attention to them and helped them to remain calm while managing to locate them, because they were further away. 125 nautical miles from the coast.

According to Lieutenant Commander Mario Rodríguez, Commander of the Santa Marta Coastguard Station, they spent more than three days searching the Caribbean Sea, until the morning of August 6 it was possible to find the location of the missing and rescue them.

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