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AFEUR members. The Urban Counter-Terrorism Special Forces Group - Alpha, otherwise known as AFEUR or AFEAU (Spanish: Agrupación de Fuerzas Especiales Antiterroristas Urbanas) is the army detachment of the elite AFEAU special operations group within the Colombian Armed Forces, [1] dedicated to performing counter-terrorism operations, HVT acquisition or elimination, and hostage rescue.
Colombian National Police Special Operations Command (Spanish: Comando de Operaciones Especiales, COPES) is a subdivision of the Colombian National Police under the Directorate for Citizens Security. This Special Operations unit functions as a Quick reaction force (QRF) for Police operations and as a permanent training field for personnel.
Pages in category "Special forces of Colombia" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The armed forces number about 250,000 uniformed personnel: 145,000 military and 105,000 police. These figures do not include assistance personnel such as cooks, medics, mechanics, and so on. This makes the Colombian military one of the largest and most well-equipped in Latin America.
The Search Bloc (Spanish: Bloque de Búsqueda) is the name of three different ad hoc special operations units of the National Police of Colombia (Policía Nacional de Colombia). They were originally organized with a focus on capturing or killing highly dangerous individuals or groups of individuals.
BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombia's armed forces have restarted operations against leftist rebel group the National Liberation Army (ELN), Defense Minister Ivan Velasquez said on Monday. The decision to ...
Members of Colombia's security forces have been convicted over the years on a variety of corruption and human rights abuse charges. The country's six-decade internal conflict has killed more than ...
The Colombian Army operates the TAR-21 for their special forces, in the army, marines and in the Colombian national police. [11] [better source needed] IWI ACE Israel: Assault rifle: Is the new standard-issue assault rifle of the Army, Navy (including Colombian Marine Corps), Air Force and Police of Colombia. [12]