Plan Patriota (In English, Patriot Plan ) is military plan developed by the Government of Colombia with the financial support of the Government of the United States in an effort to uproot the guerrilla groups in Colombia, more specifically the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP) and the National Liberation Army (ELN). The plan is part of the government of President Álvaro Uribe 's democratic security doctrine. The plan is also intended to get military presence to the most remote areas of Colombia, where the guerrilla had enclaves, and enable the introduction of social programs. Some analysts consider the plan to be a sort of second phase of Plan Colombia .
8-618: The first military operation related to the Plan Patriota was launched in 2004 and was dubbed Operation JM . The José Alvear Restrepo Lawyer’s Collective , a human rights NGO , has criticized Plan Patriota. In April 2008, the Collective mentioned that hearings and judicial processes had provided information describing links between paramilitary forces and the Colombian National Army during Operation Liberty I,
16-532: A 2003 prelude to Plan Patriota carried out in the area of Viotá, Cundinamarca. According to the Collective, multiple incidents of forced disappearances , torture, extrajudicial executions and forced displacement, among other crimes, took place in the area. Participants Timeline Key aspects Former guerrillas Linked to Former government program Linked to Former paramilitaries Linked to Operation JM Inconclusive Operation JM ( Spanish : Operación JM )
24-522: A region that had been dominated by the guerrillas. Military operations started in April 2004 in the jungle area known as Llanos del Yarí and in the area of the former El Caguan demilitarized zone , between the Departments of Meta , Caqueta and Guaviare . The objective of the first operation was to capture or kill FARC guerrilla leader aka " Mono Jojoy " believed to be the military commander of
32-606: The FARC had set up in the region and recovered fluvial navigation in the Guayabero , Caguan River , Vaupes and Yari rivers . There were also 137 members of the Colombian military killed in action and some 1,300 wounded. Participants Timeline Key aspects Former guerrillas Linked to Former government program Linked to Former paramilitaries Linked to Timeline of
40-425: The FARC, and other three members of the secretariat or higher command of the FARC that were believed to be in the area. According to the Colombian military "Mono Jojoy" managed to evade the operation, but 17 of his men were killed and his main camp site was destroyed. In 2005 land mines and leishmaniasis took a big toll in the Colombian military, some 10,000 soldiers were terminated from the service, this adding to
48-621: The number of combat casualties suffered. On November 20, 2006, the Joint Task Force OMEGA engaged in combat operations against members of the Southern Bloc of the FARC-EP near the town of Cartagena del Chaira . General Gilberto Rocha announced that three soldiers and 11 rebels were killed. The main objective of the operation was not accomplished but major advances against the guerrilla were accomplished. Initially
56-500: The theater of operations covered a total area of 85,000 km² where some 150 thousand civilians live and approximately 4,350 members of the FARC operated. By the end of the operation the Colombian military calculated that there were 2,525 guerrillas still operating in the area. The Colombian military also destroyed some 35,000 h of illegal crops and by the end of operations there were some 15,000 h left to destroy. The Colombian Army also neutralized mobility corridors and road networks that
64-678: Was a military operation by the Military of Colombia Joint Task Force OMEGA intended to capture or kill the leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia guerrilla (FARC), as part of the Plan Patriota . The operations began in April 2004 and after some 30 operations concluded without the main objective being accomplished in December 2006. However, the Colombian military achieved numerous military advances in
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