DECLASSIFIED UNDER AUTHORITY OT THE INTERAGENCY SECURITY CLASSIEFICATION APPEALS PANEL E O 12958 AS AIMENDED SECTION 5 3 b 3 ISCAP No 1006 -019 document MORI Doc ID 587659 587669 -5i _N4e- CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY --------------------------- WARNING INFORMATION REPORT REPORT CLASS NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE - DIST 12 MARCH 2001 COUNTRY SUBJ COLOMBIA RELOCATION OF UNITED SELF-DEFENSE GROUPS OF COLOMBIA SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL BOLIVAR BLOC IN RESPONSE TO COLOMBIAN ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTHERN BOLIVAR DOI MID-FEBRUARY 2001 i SOURCE SUMMARY NONE Page I MORI Doc ID 587669 387669 TEXT 1 AS OF MID-FEBRUARY 2001 UNITED SELF-DEFENSE GROUPS OF COLOMBIA AUC SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL BOLIVAR BLOC UNITS WERE TEMPORARILY FORCED TO RELOCATE EAST TOWARDS CESAR AND NORTH SANTANDER DEPARTMENTS AS A RESULT OF COLOMBIAN MILITARY OPERATIONS CONDUCTED IN _ - 77 SOUTHERN BOLIVAR THESE OPERATIONS WERE LIKELY A PART OF THE COLOMBIAN ARMY'S OPERATION BOLIVAR WHICH WAS SEEKING TO NEUTRALIZE ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS' ABILITY TO WAGE WAR iN THE REGION APPROXIMATELY 700-800 OF THE MEN LED BY THE AUC BLOC COMMANDER I ' _j HAD TO BE MOVED INTO LA GLORIA AGUAS CHICA SAN MARTIN AND SAN ALBERTO IN CESAR DEPARTMENT A SMALLER CONTINGENT FLED INTO LA ESPERANZA IN NORTH SANTANDER GAVE THE ORDER TO DISPERSE WHEN UNITS BELONGING TO THE COLOMBIAN ARMY'S 5TH BRIGADE CONDUCTED PRE-DAWN RAIDS IN TAE AREAS NEAR SAN BLAS AND SIMITI SOUTHERN BOLIVAR THE ARMY UNITS CONDUCTED SEARCHES OF PRIVATE PROPERTY AND WERE ABLE TO CAPTURE APPROXIMATELY 70 OF AMEN AND AN UNKNOWN OUANTITY OF UNSPECIFIED COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT 2 SUCCESSFUL IN PUSHING HILE THE COLOMBIAN ARMY UNITS WERE OL' 1 E AFOREMENTIONED AREAS THE ARMY TREATED THEM WELL NO ADDITIONAL DETAILS ARE TURED PARAMILITARY MEMBERS POC COMMENTS EVALUATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS WELCOME ADMIN 'fv'O F'37- - Page 2 MORI Doc ID 587669 587669 WARNING REPORT CLASS S E E R E T G _--__ __ ___ __ ___ _-__- DELL X1 CL REASON 1 5 C DRV FROM' '' 'BY•RECORDED REPORTING OFFICER ALL PORTIONS CARRY CLASSIFICATION AND CONTROLS OF OVERaLI DOCUMENT END OF MESSAGE END OF MESSAGE zlu Bade 3