CTI members belonging to the Office of the Attorney General and troops of battalion (Batallón Ayacucho) in Manizales (Caldas) found this February 6th in rural area of Santa Ana and Santa Teresita, municipality of Guática, border area between Risaralda and Caldas, two caches of arms and explosives, apparently belonging to the ELN.
Thanks to information provided by a key informant, officers arrived in Guática, Anserma and Riosucio. Two warehouses with 117 anti-personnel land mines, 12 explosive sticks, jump start cables, containers and a flag belonging to the ELN were found. Material that allegedly belongs to the so-called Manuel Hernández front.
The material was destroyed in the same place and it was possible to establish that the mines had staples and nuts (shrapnel) inside.