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Operation Traira
Part of the Colombian conflict and War on Drugs
Former areas of operation of the FARC
Date
February-March, 1991
Location
Amazonas state, Taraíra River in Brazilian-Colombian border.
Result
Guerrilla attack on the Brazilian Army border post on February 26. Immediate and decisive response from the Brazilian government.
Operation in response the Brazilian Armed Forces with support from the Colombian government.
Successful Brazilian military operation.
Belligerents
Brazil
Brazilian Army
Brazilian Air Force
Brazilian Navy
Colombia
Colombian Army
FARC
Comando Simon Bolivar
Commanders and leaders
President Fernando Collor de Mello Ministry Gen. Carlos Tinoco Ribeiro Gomes Gen. Antenor de Santa Cruz Abreu President César Gaviria
62+ killed (12 dead in Brazilian territory) 150+ wounded & captured
2 civilians killed
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Colombian conflict
1960s
Soberanía
1970s
Anorí
1980s
Dominican embassy siege
Palace of Justice siege
Yamurales
Avianca Flight 203
Massacre of Trujillo
DAS Building bombing
1990s
Traira
Villatina massacre
Bogota
La Gabarra massacre
Siege of Las Delicias
Mapiripán massacre
El Aro massacre
Machuca massacre
Siege of Mitú
Villanueva massacre
Nudo de Paramillo
Gutiérrez
Dabeiba
2000s
"False positives" scandal
Macayepo massacre
Bojayá massacre
Valle del Cauca Deputies hostage crisis
El Nogal bombing
Neiva bombing
14 July
Zona Rosa attacks
Bahía Portete massacre
JM
San José de Apartadó massacre
Sierra Macarena ambush
Jamundí massacre
Emmanuel
Jaque
Fenix
Nariño massacres
Strategic Leap
Corinto
2010s
Arauca attacks
July clashes
Meta raid
Cauca attacks
Centro Andino bombing
Police station attacks
Catatumbo campaign
Bogotá car bombing
2020s
Apure clashes
Arauca clashes
Huila attack
See also
Peace process
Timeline
Operation Traíra was the response of the Brazilian Armed Forces, with support from the Colombian Army, to an attack on their detachment on the bank of the Traíra River by FARC in February 1991.[1][2]
^de Souza Pinheiro, Álvaro; Mendel, William W. (July 1995). "Guerrilla in The Brazilian Amazon". Foreign Military Studies Office. Archived from the original on 28 June 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
^Brooke, James (March 7, 1991). "Brazilian Troops Kill 3 Colombian Guerrillas". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
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