Ejército revela incautaciones récord de armas y drogas en balance 2025
El Ejército Nacional presentó su balance operativo correspondiente a 2025, en el que destacó resultados sin precedentes en la lucha contra los grupos armados ilegales y las economías ilícitas en distintas regiones del país. De acuerdo con el informe oficial, la institución alcanzó la mayor incautación de armamento de la última década, un hecho que marca un punto de referencia en las operaciones militares recientes.
TL;DR
- The National Army reported unprecedented operational results for 2025.
- The institution achieved its largest seizure of weaponry in the last decade.
- Seizures included 916 long guns, 2,320 handguns, 63 accompaniment weapons, nearly 738,000 rounds of ammunition, and over 22 tons of explosives.
- 5,972 antipersonnel mines were destroyed.
- Actions against illegal finances increased by 70% compared to the previous year.
- 111,593 kilos of cocaine, 14,855 kilos of base paste, and 107,286 kilos of marijuana were seized.
- 182 cocaine hydrochloride labs and 2,323 base paste labs were destroyed.
- In illegal mining, 889 captures, 1,068 heavy machinery seizures, 294 illegal mine interventions, and 504 dredger immobilizations were reported.
- Operations focused on Catatumbo, Cauca, Nariño, Valle del Cauca, and Bolívar, confronting ELN, FARC dissidents, and the Clan del Golfo.
- Overall, 3,409 captures, 682 individuals submitted to justice, and 261 deaths in military operations were recorded.
- 402 minors were recovered.
- Gaula Military groups reported 1,020 captures for kidnapping and extortion, and 280 individuals liberated or rescued, a 230% increase.
- Humanitarian efforts included the evacuation of 3,600 people, aid to 87,000 displaced individuals, delivery of 350 tons of aid, installation of four bridges, and declaration of four municipalities as mine-suspected free.