Joint Task Force OMEGA

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Joint Task Force OMEGA was named after omega Greek letter meaning "the end" in allusion to the possible end of the armed conflict
Joint Task Force OMEGA was named after omega Greek letter meaning "the end" in allusion to the possible end of the armed conflict

Joint Task Force OMEGA (Spanish: Fuerza de tarea conjunta OMEGA) is a joint task force involving the Military of Colombia in support of Plan Patriota (Now replaced by Plan Consolidación) assembled with the main purpose of capturing the leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).

The JTF OMEGA was formed by the best 20,000 soldiers in the military of Colombia selected from the Army, Air Force and Navy. The task force is based in military installations in Apiay Air Force Base, in the Department of Meta, Fort Larandia located in the Department of Caqueta and Tres Esquinas Air Force Base also in Caquetá.

The operations left 137 members of the Colombian military killed in action and los 1,300 wounded. After the end of Plan Patriota, The Joint Task Force OMEGA was renamed to OMEGA Campaign on December 10, 2006 to support the Plan Consolidación.[1]

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[edit] Commanders

  • General Gilberto Rocha (2004-2006)
  • General Alejandro Navas (2006-Present)[2]

[edit] Guerrilla infiltration scandal

During an operation on July 15, 2007 in the jungles of Colombia by the Colombian National Army soldiers pertaining to the 17th Counter-Guerrilla Batallion 2nd Mobile Brigade, localized a FARC campsite in the village of Montañitas, in the municipality of Mesetas, Meta Department and after a confrontation with members of FARC's 42nd Front, soldiers found on the body of one the guerrillas named José Nerup Reyes Peña and presumed leader of that front, hard discs and USB drives containing information about members of the FARC guerrilla infiltration in the JTF OMEGA. The hard drive contained detailed maps outlining anti-guerrilla operations by Omega.[3][4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ (Spanish) eltiempo.com:Derrota total de las Farc es el objetivo de la nueva fase de operaciones militares en el sur de país
  2. ^ El Colombiano |
  3. ^ Washington Post: Traffickers Infiltrate Military in Colombia
  4. ^ (Spanish) Revista Semana: Infiltrado el corazón de las Fuerzas Militares

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