PROBABLE REVOLUTIONARY ARMED FORCES OF COLOMBIA INSURGENCY CAMPS CAQUETA DEPARTMENT, COLOMBIA(SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: February 7, 1984
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7 FEBRUARY 1984
INSURGENCY CAMPS
CAQUETA DEPARTMENT, COLOMBIA (SEWN)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: FIVE INSURGENCY CAMPS WERE IDENTIFIED IN
T- AREA OF CAQUETA DEPARTMENT, COLOMBIA ON
IMAGERY (SWN)
2. REMARKS: FIVE INSURGENCY CAMPS, PROBABLY OCCUPIED BY THE
REVOLUTIONARY ARMED FORCES OF COLOMBIA (FARC), WERE
IDENTIFIED IN THE NORTHWEST AREA OF CAQUETA DEPARTMENT,
COLOMBIA. (TWO OF THESE CAMPS ARE SHOWN ON THE ATTACHED
GRAPHICS.) THESE CAMPS ARE SIMILAR IN APPEARANCE HAVING
FOUR MAIN CHARACTERISTICS IN COMMON -- THEY ARE IN AN AREA
ON TIIE EDGE OF A SMALL TOWN OR VILLAGE WHICH HAS A SMALL
EARTHEN AIRSTRIP; THEY ARE ADJACENT TO BOTH ROAD AND
WATERWAY NETWORKS; THEY ARE ON HIGH GROUND, USUALLY ON THE
TOP OF A SMALL HILL; AND THE CAMPS ARE SURROUNDED BY
C-SHAPED FIRING POSITIONS. A CIRCULAR OUTLINE ON THE
GROUND RESEMBLING A HELICOPTER LANDING PAD IS AT SEVERAL
CAMPS. HOWEVER, IT IS BELIEVED THAT THESE CIRCULAR AREAS
ARE NOT INTENDED FOR FIFLICOPTER USE. (SWN)
THE SANTA ANA INSURGENT CAMP (FARC) IS CHARACTERISTIC OF
MOST OF THE CAMPS IDENTIFIED !SEE GRAPHIC 1). THE CAMP
CONSISTS OF ONE LARGE POSSIBLE BARRACIS BUILDING, FOUR
SMALL SUPPORT BUILDINGS, ONE THATCHED ROOF HUT, TWO
ATHLETIC FIELDS, AND SIX OBSERVATION POSTS. TIIE OUTER
PERIPHERY OF THIS CAMP WAS LINED WITH AT LEAST 16 C-SHAPED
FIRING POSITIONS. A 830- X 33-METER AIRSTRIP IS
APPROXIMATELY 400-METERS OUTSIDE OF THE CAMP. (SWN)
CARTAGENA DEL CIIAIRA INSURGENT CAMP (FARC), TIIE LARGEST OF
THE FIVE CAMPS, HAS FOUR SEPARATE AREAS: A PROBABLE
BARRACKS ARFA, TWO OBSERVATION/DEFENSE AREAS, A POSSIBLE
WEAPONS/MUNITIONS STORAGE AREA. (SW.N)
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THE OTHER THREE FARC INSURGENT CAMPS IDENTIFIED ARE
GUACAMAYAS PROBABLE INSURGENT CAMP (FARC)
NORCASIA INSURGENT CAMP (FA
RICO INSURGENT CAMP (FARC)
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NORTHWEST CAQUETA DEPARTMENT IS IN SOUTHERN COLOMBIA ALONG
TIIE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE CORDILLERA ORIENTAL MOUNTAIN
RANGE. (U)
3. SANTA ANA INSURGENT CAMP (FARC)I
COORDINATES 02-13-OON 075-05-52W (S)
CARTAGENA DEL CIIAIRA INSURGENT CAMP (FARC),
COORDINATES 01-20-17N 074-50-261V (S)
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