
哥伦比亚波哥大——哥伦比亚总统周一启动了一支联合特遣队,将在该国东北部打击叛军组织和贩毒集团,随着政府改变应对犯罪集团的策略,用多项军事攻势取代了和平谈判。
BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia’s president launched a joint task force Monday that will fight rebel groups and drug gangs in the country’s northeast, as the government changes its strategy in dealing with criminal groups, replacing peace talks with various military offensives.
总统阿贝拉多·德拉·埃斯普里耶拉表示,新成立的“乌拉诺”特遣队的主要任务之一,将是阻止哥伦比亚最大的剩余叛军组织——民族解放军(ELN),从一条从该国加勒比海海岸通往巴兰卡韦梅哈炼油厂的管道上窃取汽油和柴油。
President Abelardo de la Espriella said one of the main missions of the newly designated task force Urano will be to stop Colombia’s largest remaining rebel group, the National Liberation Army, from stealing gasoline and diesel from a pipeline that runs from the country’s Caribbean coast to a refinery in Barrancabermeja.
德拉·埃斯普里耶拉指责该组织(即ELN)从管道窃取燃料以“滋养”犯罪经济。
De la Espriella accused the group, known also as the ELN , of stealing fuel from the pipeline to “feed” criminal economies.
“他们用它制造可卡因、为非法矿山提供动力,并为恐怖活动创造收入,”他在瓦耶杜帕尔的一个仪式上于周一表示。
“They use it to make cocaine, to power illegal mines and to generate income for terrorist activities,” he said Monday at a ceremony in Valledupar.
近二十年来,哥伦比亚军方部署了联合特遣队——由陆军、海军和空军部队组成——在农村地区打击叛军组织。这些特遣队由波哥大的指挥官直接监督,并帮助军方在2016年与该组织签署和平协议前,对哥伦比亚革命武装力量(FARC)叛军取得关键胜利。
For almost two decades, Colombia’s military deployed joint task forces — with troops from the army, the navy and the air force — to fight rebel groups in rural areas. The task forces were overseen directly by commanders in Bogota and helped the military achieve key victories against the FARC rebels until a peace deal was signed with that group in 2016.
两年前,前总统古斯塔沃·佩特罗的政府放弃了这一策略,因为官员们试图让农村地区的陆军指挥官对行动拥有更大的控制权。一些批评人士称,该决定削弱了哥伦比亚军队。
The strategy was dropped two years ago by former President Gustavo Petro’s administration, as officials tried to give army commanders in rural areas greater control over operations. Some critics said the decision weakened Colombia’s military.
保守派的德拉·埃斯普里耶拉于8月宣誓就职,已取消与该国剩余叛军组织的和平谈判。
De la Espriella, a conservative who was sworn into office in August , has canceled peace talks with the nation’s remaining rebel groups.
他表示,通过恢复联合特遣队,政府将能以更大力度对抗叛军组织和贩毒集团。他补充说,“乌拉诺”特遣队还将包括警察。“不会与恐怖主义进行谈判或表示同情,”他说。
He said that by bringing back the joint task forces, the government will be able to confront rebel groups and drug gangs with greater force. He added that the Urano task force will also include police officers. “There will be no negotiations or empathy with terrorism,” he said.