Ejercito Nacional de Colombia

A significant number of FARC guerrillas were killed in combat, as reported by the Army in their operational balance of 2009. The Army indicated that 507 subversives died, from a total of 2844 that were neutralized (captured and demobilized).
Despite that throughout the year there were a fewer deaths 461 compared to 968 for the Army, it shows that the guerrilla forces have withdrawn and there is less combat with the troops.

According to the institution, 7552 guerrillas, members of emerging mobs, drug traffickers and common criminals are part of the list of captures and casualties in combat.

The offensive military operations, said the Army, were 19, 000, which generated more than 1200 combat situations. This plowing effort by the Army avoided 13,048 attacks to towns, collector coal infrastructure, kidnappings and activation of explosive devices.

The figures also include the destruction of 1172 campsites, may be utilized as drug processing laboratories, and the storage of weapons, especially in the southern area of the country.

Specifically, in the cachets, troops found 1965 assault rifles, 28 machine guns, 79 submachine guns, 1700 short firearms and 248 mortars.

Likewise, the ammo confiscated surpassed the one million rounds of ammunition and 8000 and grenades. With regard to drug trafficking figures, the Army reported the destruction of 82,098.29 acres of coca plantations, by manual eradication and terrestrial support for the spraying of 94,000 more.