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Abelardo De La Espriella stated that President Lula had openly supported Iván Cepeda in the Colombian presidential campaign and that he had won, while in Brazil he supported Jair Bolsonaro and Lula emerged victorious. He maintained that the electoral results should be respected and that the decision belonged to the voters. De La Espriella said that, despite his deep political and ideological differences with Lula, Colombia and Brazil needed each other. He pointed out that both countries shared challenges and opportunities and that their relations should be based on respect, sovereignty, and cooperation, including efforts against drug terrorism and illegal mining, the protection of the Amazon, and the well-being of their citizens. #Democracia #Colombia #Brasil (translated)

Abelardo De La Espriella stated that troops from the Army, through the Second Division, the 30th Brigade, and the Military GAULA, fought against members of the ELN in the Palo Colorado area, in Chinácota, in coordination with the GAULA of the Cúcuta Police. He wrote that during the operation, alias "Resorte," identified as Ricardo Trigos Peñaranda, died, who was supposedly the financial chief of the National Urban Warfare Front Reynaldo Ardila Gómez of the ELN. De La Espriella maintained that he was responsible for coordinating extortions, kidnappings, homicides, and activities connected to drug trafficking in Cúcuta and its metropolitan area, and that he had a criminal record for extortion kidnapping, conspiracy to commit crimes, arms trafficking, and homicide. The author asserted that the result affected the finances and logistical and operational capacity of the ELN. He also stated that the authorities would pursue armed groups until their structures were dismantled and maintained that citizens would regain peace and criminals would face the law. #Narcoterrorismo #Colombia #EjércitoNacional (translated)

Guilherme Derrite said that a possible government of Flávio Bolsonaro, whom he associated with the number 22, would have zero tolerance for people he classified as narcoterrorists and would return the streets to families. https://t.co/aJSeu15z5U #TolerânciaZero #Narcoterrorismo #FlavioBolsonaro (translated)

Abelardo De La Espriella stated that the Colombian Army had located and destroyed a cocaine processing laboratory in the San Roque rural area, in the municipality of Sardinata, Norte de Santander. As he wrote, Operation Oklahoma 035 was conducted by the Aviation and Air Assault Division and the Counter-Narcotics and Transnational Threat Command (CONAT) against a facility he attributed to the Juan Fernando Porras Martínez front of the ELN. De La Espriella said that 1,149 kilos of cocaine, 151 kilos of coca paste, more than 3,400 gallons of liquid chemicals, and hundreds of kilos of solid chemical supplies were seized, in addition to the destruction of the processing infrastructure. He estimated the direct economic impact at 1.067 billion pesos and argued that the operation weakened the finances and logistical capability of the group. He also promised that their members would be pursued, laboratories would be destroyed, and their leaders would be brought to justice. He stated that each destroyed laboratory meant fewer resources to finance terrorism and more security for Colombians. #Narcotráfico #EjércitoNacional #Colombia (translated)

Abelardo De La Espriella stated that the National Police had seized 7.6 tons of cocaine at the port of Cartagena, in what he described as the largest seizure in that location in the last 10 years. He said that the drug was destined for the Netherlands. He also pointed out that in 75 days of government, the Public Force had seized 132 tons of cocaine, valued at 6.108 billion dollars. He stated that combating drug trafficking saves lives and weakens criminal structures, and asserted that this was just the beginning of the "Miracle Homeland." #Narcotráfico #Colombia #Policía (translated)

Pri stated that Flávio Bolsonaro had come strong to the Band debate. According to her, the senator promised to classify the PCC, the Red Command, and the militias as narcoterrorist organizations, to toughen penalties, and to create more than 500,000 vacancies in the prison system. https://t.co/bFK5lbJDXE #FlávioBolsonaro #Narcoterrorismo #Política (translated)

Abelardo De La Espriella wrote that the National Police had seized in Santa Marta a cache from the Libardo Vergel Front of the Conquistadoras de la Sierra Nevada Self-Defense Forces. He indicated that the material included 27 rifles, a grenade launcher, 19 magazines, and 728 cartridges, and had been placed at the disposal of the Prosecutor's Office. De La Espriella described the operation as a blow to the armed and logistical capacity of the group, which he described as narco-terrorist. He also stated that they would seek to capture its members or take them down in operations, and take away their weapons and resources. He closed with slogans in favor of the homeland and Christ the King. #SantaMarta #Narcoterrorismo #PolicíaNacional (translated)

Colombia has already requested that the Department of War join the fight against narco-terrorism, authorizing joint military operations to destroy terrorists and terrorist networks. Shortly after De la Espriella won the Colombian presidential elections, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth stated that the president had authorized Washington to conduct joint military operations on Colombian territory, something that, however, has not gone beyond that statement. #EEUU #Militar #AméricaLatina (translated)

The author claimed that organized crime, which he linked to "narcosocialism" and "narcoterrorism," was running out of governments in Ibero-America. He also stated that the government of Pedro Sánchez, whom he described as a bridge in Europe to corrupt Brussels, was faltering. The post ended with an unfinished statement about Sánchez's remarks on injustice and inequality. #Narcoterrorismo #Iberoamérica #Corrupción #ES #BR #CO #MX (translated)

Abelardo De La Espriella stated that the National Police, in coordination with the Army, Air Force, and the Prosecutor's Office, captured nine members of the "Yair Bermúdez" Front 57 in Bugalagrande, Valle del Cauca, a dissident faction of the former FARC-EP that, he wrote, was affiliated with the National Coordinator Bolivarian Army. He labeled them as narcoterrorists and said they were accused of illegal recruitment and conspiracy to commit crimes. He added that among those arrested were alias "Majiño," whom he identified as the leader of a commission in the Valley and included in the list of most wanted individuals in Nariño, and alias "Bastidas." According to De La Espriella, during the operation, 12 cell phones, a laptop computer, nine containers with black powder, and a homemade mortar grenade adapted to be launched with a drone were seized. He concluded the message with patriotic and religious expressions. #PolicíaNacional #Narcoterrorismo #SeguridadNacional (translated)

The author argued that Ecuador, under President Daniel Noboa, had chosen the right path by confronting narcoterrorism and organized crime alongside its allies in the Shield of the Americas. He added that this stance seemed to displease many in the European Commission and the European Parliament. https://t.co/TNdL8hG191 #Ecuador #Narcoterrorismo #CrimenOrganizado #EC #EU (translated)

Abelardo De La Espriella reported that, in Yarumal, Antioquia, the National Army killed in combat two people identified as members of the Gulf Clan and seized a rifle and a pistol. In Mitú, Vaupés, five members of the Armando Ríos structure were captured and 1,058 kilos of marijuana, two boats, and an engine were confiscated, he noted. He also indicated that the Police seized 611.8 kilos of cocaine in Ibagué that were being transported in a truck and captured one person. In Puerto Asís and Puerto Santander, he added, two illegal fuel refining infrastructures were destroyed, and 43,453 gallons were either disabled or destroyed. De La Espriella said that the balance of the last 24 hours was 29 captures and that, since August 7, there had been 32,503 captures, 129,526 kilos of drugs seized, and 3,456 firearms taken out of circulation. He stated that his order had been to pursue criminals and disrupt the economies that sustained them. He closed with patriotic and religious slogans. #Narcoterrorismo #Justicia #SeguridadCiudadana (translated)

Simón Levy stated that Nicolás Maduro would die in a U.S. prison and wrote that a U.S. judge had denied diplomatic immunity to Maduro and his wife. According to Levy, the decision set a precedent so that politicians linked to drug trafficking would not have immunity against charges of narco-terrorism. He added that Maduro's trial would serve those who come after him. #NicolásMaduro #Narcoterrorismo #Justicia (translated)

Abelardo De La Espriella stated that the security forces had captured five members of structure 33 in Tibú and another five alleged members of the Clan del Golfo in Santa Fe de Antioquia and Tierralta. He wrote that in Tibú, a long gun, three handguns, and ammunition had also been seized. He added that two members of the “Raúl Reyes” structure had surrendered to justice in Florencia and handed over three long guns, a drone, and three explosive devices for drones. In Sardinata, he said, the Police had controlled the destruction of 100 explosives attributed to the ELN. De La Espriella pointed out that the Police Carabineros Directorate had intervened in five illegal mining units on the Saldaña River in Chaparral and Coyaima, Tolima. He noted that six excavators, four diving dredges, eight motor pumps, and three industrial engines had been destroyed, with an estimated value of $3.198 billion. He claimed that these units could extract gold worth around $4 billion per month and that they financed the Gerónimo Galeano front, aligned with the EMC, through approximately $599 million per month in extortion payments. He also asserted that the Army had affected 24 illegal mining production units and 21 dredges, and that in Ayapel, the Police had destroyed 26 motor pumps and eight classifiers. De La Espriella said that his order was to pursue criminals, cut off their sources of funding, and protect Colombians; he concluded with patriotic and religious slogans. #Narcoterrorismo #Justicia #Colombia (translated)

Facing this reality, the conservative candidate's slogan 'Brazil without fear' promises a frontal and relentless war against drug trafficking, which Fábio and Trump call "narcoterrorism," a term from which Lula distances himself in the name of sovereignty. #Brasil #Bolsonaro #seguridad (translated)

Faced with this reality, the conservative candidate's slogan 'Brazil without fear' promises an all-out and relentless war against drug trafficking, which Fábio and Trump call "narcoterrorism", a term Lula distances himself from in the name of sovereignty. #Brasil #Bolsonaro #seguridad (translated)

Faced with that reality, the slogan 'Brazil without fear' of the conservative candidate promises a frontal and relentless war against drug trafficking, which Fábio and Trump call "narcoterrorism," a term that Lula distances himself from in the name of sovereignty. #Brasil #Bolsonaro #seguridad (translated)

Ed Raposo stated that Douglas Ruas had been elected in the first round and classified the result as perhaps the biggest embarrassment in the history of polling institutes. He said that if Flávio's victory were confirmed, Rio de Janeiro would have for the first time in decades a governor who was truly right-wing, supported by a federal government that was also right-wing. Raposo advocated for tougher laws and legal security coming from Brasília, as well as a strong response in Rio, and stated that narco-terrorism would be trembling. #Política #RioDeJaneiro #Eleições (translated)