Operation JM

Operation JM
Part of Colombian armed conflict
DateApril 2004 - December, 2006
Location
Colombia
Result

Inconclusive

  • Main objective of Colombian military not accomplished.
  • FARC was weakened.
  • 356 guerrilla base camps destroyed.[1]
  • The Colombian military confiscated 285 rifles, 232 small arms, 57 mortars, 4,162 grenades, 685,542 projectiles of different calibers, 30 tons of explosives of different types and some 4,528 IEDs.
Belligerents
 Colombia FARC
Commanders and leaders
Colombia General Gilberto Rocha Mono Jojoy
Units involved
National Army of Colombia unknown
Strength
18,000 soldiers[2] 4,350 guerrillas
Casualties and losses
137 killed
1,300 wounded (from combat and illnesses)		 233 killed
202 captured
52 surrendered
  • 10,000 removed from the service in 2006 combat wounds and leishmaniasis related.

Operation JM (Spanish: Operación JM) was a military operation by the Military of Colombia Joint Task Force OMEGA intended to capture or kill the leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia guerrilla (FARC), as part of the Plan Patriota. The operations began in April 2004 and after some 30 operations concluded without the main objective being accomplished in December 2006. However, the Colombian military achieved numerous military advances in a region that had been dominated by the guerrillas.[3]

  1. ^ Sin pausa contra las FARC[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ RTV NERUDA - La humanidad es la única propietaria del conocimiento
  3. ^ (in Spanish) eltiempo.com: Derrota total de las Farc es el objetivo de la nueva fase de operaciones militares en el sur de país Archived 2007-01-23 at the Wayback Machine