Jorge Enrique Botero

Correspondent

The newspaper La Jornada
Saturday, August 17, 2024, p. 23

Bogotá. As announced in recent months, dissidents of the defunct Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have carried out several actions in which high technology is seen behind loud explosions.

Police reported yesterday that there were plans to bomb the Supreme Court building, after authorities raided a house in the south of the capital and found explosives along with a model of the building. Following the incident, the government reinforced security at the Palace of Justice.

At the end of October 2023, the commander Highlightsconsidered the top leader of the Dissidents in Catatumbo –border with Venezuela– assured in a video The Day that he and his men had been the perpetrators of the attack against a military garrison in Cúcuta, headquarters of the 33rd Brigade, where he used high technology, including live broadcasting of the episode.

He also said that by entering the world of cutting-edge technology, The war will soon move from the agricultural world to the cities.

One of the most aggressive platforms of the Colombian right, which calls itself Anonymousspoke out this morning about cyber attacks and sent a message to President Gustavo Petro: We are watching with concern how you want to destroy Colombia, but #Anonymous does not forget, wait for us.

Involving foreigners

Colombia remains the country with the most cybersecurity attacks in Latin America, IBM reported in its recent IBM Xforce Threat Intelligence Index report for 2024.

In addition to the non-material damage caused by the rebels in the digital sphere, the most active fronts of the FARC dissidents have for several weeks attacked military garrisons with drones, whose handling the military forces attribute to the training of international organizations.