Chapter 205 Anti-Drug Operation
Since Gargas was elected president of Colombia, the anti-drug situation in Colombia has become more and more severe. Gargas fired a large number of corrupt and corrupt police officers, and selected innocent people from among the young people who had just graduated to add to the Colombian police force. A complete overhaul of the police force took place.
After cleaning up the scum in the Colombian police force, Gargas began to face up to the active guerrilla armed forces and drug trafficking organizations in Colombia. These two cancers are the root cause of the constant turmoil in Colombia. In particular, the Medellin Group and the Cali Group have monopolized drug distribution channels in the United States and Europe respectively. Colombian government forces. Over the years, every Colombian government has adopted various measures to combat drug trafficking groups, but the drug factories of the Medellin Group and the Cali Group are hidden in the vast virgin jungle around Medellin and Cali. As long as these factories are not found out for a day, it is impossible to destroy the Medellin Group and the Cali Group.
As the previous Colombian government was eager to crack down on the anti-government armed forces, this led to a combination of guerrilla armed forces and drug cartels in Colombia. The unity of the enemy made the Colombian government forces' suppression operations more passive. Gargas understands that it is impossible to succeed if this continues, so in order to divide the relationship between the anti-government guerrillas and the drug cartel. Gargas began to send people to secretly contact the "April 19" Movement armed forces that had single-handedly created the hijacking of the judicial building, hoping to make M-19 lay down its arms through negotiations and become a political party in Colombia in a legal way.
After the special envoy sent by Gargas put forward favorable conditions, the leadership of M-19 gradually became tempted. They also began to gradually alienate themselves from the Medellin Group and the Cali Group. At the request of the Colombian government, armed factions such as the M-19 and the Colombian Liberation Army temporarily reached a ceasefire agreement. The Colombian government army promised not to take rash military actions against them, but to resolve the issue through negotiations. The six largest guerrilla forces in Colombia all agreed to this condition one after another. This move immediately brought a glimmer of light to Colombia's political situation.
Gargas, who had stabilized the guerrillas, turned his guns to the Medellin Group and the Cali Group. A larger counterattack was launched against them. Gargas was not soft on drug dealers. He knew that the prisons in Colombia couldn't hold the drug dealers of the Medellin Group. The drug dealers who were caught in prison today could run away without anyone noticing the next day. And those guerrillas are now also adopting an attitude of watching from the sidelines. After all, the guerrillas still have some political pursuits, while the drug dealers only live for money. In the final analysis, the two groups cannot pee in the same pot.
Gargas resorted to one of the most feared tactics among drug dealers. That is extradition. All key drug dealers caught by Colombian government forces will not go through court trials at all, and will be sent directly to the United States on a US military helicopter for trial. The reason why Gargas did this is that there are almost no judges in Colombia who dare to try the members of the Medellin Group and the Cali Group. Family members will suffer merciless revenge from drug dealers. It was based on this situation that Gargas waived the right to trial and directly handed them over to the Americans.
Under the brutal interrogation by the CIA, the whereabouts of some important leaders of the Medellin Group were gradually revealed. Escobar's confidants, the Argentine Martinez Merome, and the Mexican Gonzalo Rodriguez Some information about Sgacha began to be mastered by the CIA. Under the guidance of this information, the Colombian government army's anti-gambling troops were fully armed and marched to the Medellin area.
Escobar didn't care at first. He contacted the guerrilla armed forces as usual to send troops to resist the government's attack.
But this time Escobar hit a big snag. The leaders of these guerrillas refused to lend a helping hand to the Medellin Group at this time, and now Escobar finally understood that something was wrong.
The anti-drug forces of the government army advanced very quickly, because the US military sent them directly to Medellin by helicopter. At this moment, Escobar's armed forces in Medellin had just assembled.
An unprepared anti-drug war started at this time. Tanks and armored units of the government army quickly entered the streets of downtown Medellin. And blocked the main traffic arteries of Medellin. Many of Escobar's armed men and drug dealers live in Medellin. They were blocked at home by Colombian government forces before they could rush to the assembly point. Escobar's reaction was too slow, and she really regretted why she agreed to let these people live in the city instead of the military camp in the jungle.
Squads of heavily armed Colombian government troops began to knock on the gates of the residents of Medellin at gunpoint, and searched from house to house. Once guns and drugs were found, the family would be taken downstairs and then used a truck Transport it to the prison in the rear. However, the soldiers of the government army soon discovered that 90% of the residents here were suspected of being involved in drugs. When they cleaned up a dilapidated slum, there were hardly any residents left.
Those drug dealers who were blocked at home were quickly searched out. Some drug dealers chose to fight the government army desperately. They used the weapons at hand, fought and retreated, and ran towards the jungle outside the city. There was a sudden burst of gunfire in the city, and the sound of various explosions was endless.
It has to be said that the step-by-step approach of the government army is indeed effective. Although the efficiency is very low, the gains are great. But thousands of drug dealers were taken away on the first day. There are countless weapons, drugs, and dollars that have been seized. Many drug dealers have confiscated the money they earned with their lives for many years by the government forces. Medellin's drug dealers have lost a lot today.
With the escalation of martial law and gambling sweeps, Escobar consulted with his colleagues in the city. It is planned to organize a counterattack to break the blockade of the Colombian government forces. So at ten o'clock at night, Escobar's armed forces began to attack the city of Medellin. Now desperate to regain control of the city of Medellin, Escobar dispatched helicopter gunships and began night strikes against Colombian government forces.