The Minister of the Interior, Daniel Palacios, announced that at the instruction of the President of the Republic, Iván Duque, Special self-protection measures were ordered to be implemented by the National Police in the midst of the growing threat of the ‘pistol plan’ implemented by the Clan del Golfo.
Palacios indicates that some police officers who are in high-risk regions will be allowed to remain with their assigned weapon once they finish their service. as an extraordinary defense measure; In the same way, the national government official stated that security decisions will continue to be made to safeguard the lives of the soldiers.
“On instructions from the President of the Republic, Iván Duque, all the police units that are in the zone of interference by the Clan del Golfo are adopting self-protection measures,” Palacios said.
And the Minister of the Interior added: “In some places the decision has been made that the police are with their crew weapon following finishing their service to be defensive”.
Jesús David Murillo Santos, a police patrolman, was murdered in front of his four-year-old daughter. The uniformed man was not on duty and even so the ruthless gunmen of the Clan del Golfo shot him until he was killed.
The Santos case is one of the seven events that have been recorded this year, in which hit men from the Clan del Golfo have murdered members of the Police outside of service.
According to the Dijin director, General Fernando Murillo, the members of this criminal structure have chosen to attack members of the Public Force at times when they are not carrying out their duties.
The officer detailed that, in the case of patrolman Murillo, he was in his house sharing with his family, when six assassins arrived and attacked him in front of his family.
The general said that following the onslaught of organizations outside the law once morest the police, It was decided to rethink the surveillance model by quadrant in the regions where the Clan del Golfo has a greater presence.
In addition, according to the officer, before the The uniformed officers used to go out on patrol in pairs, but now, following the recent attacks, at least four policemen have to go out to patrol in the areas where the Clan del Golfo interferes.
And as has been seen in videos that circulate on social networks, another of the modalities that the Clan del Golfo gunmen are using is to attack the police from behind.
One of the recent cases of an attack once morest a police officer occurred in Yarumal, Antioquia, where the victim was seriously injured. patrolwoman Luisa Fernanda Zuleta, who died following being hospitalized.
Zuleta was with his partner, Deputy Mayor Sergio Yepes, responding to a call from the community, when they were attacked by gunmen. Yepes died on the spot and Zuleta a day later in a Medellín hospital.
Finally, for the Police, the attacks of this criminal organization are presented as retaliation for the capture and extradition of alias Otoniel, and the extradition of Nini Johana Úsuga, Otoniel’s sister to the United States.
