title: Operation JM
text: # Operation JM
  
  vteColombian conflict :
  
  1980s
  
  Dominican embassy siege
  
  Palace of Justice siege
  
  Avianca Flight 203
  
  Massacre of Trujillo
  
  DAS Building bombing
  
  1990s
  
  Traira
  
  Villatina massacre
  
  Bogota
  
  La Gabarra massacre
  
  Las Delicias ambush
  
  Mapiripán massacre
  
  El Aro massacre
  
  Machuca massacre
  
  Villanueva massacre
  
  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 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.
  
  ## 2004
  
  Military operations started on April 2004 in the jungle area known as Llanos del Yarí and in the area of the former El Caguan demilitarized zone, between the Departments of Meta, Caqueta and Guaviare. The objective of the first operation was to capture or kill FARC guerrilla leader aka "Mono Jojoy" believed to be the military commander of the FARC, and other three members of the secretariat or higher command of the FARC that were believed to be in the area. According to the Colombian military "Mono Jojoy" managed to evade the operation, but 17 of his men were killed and his main camp site was destroyed.
  
  ## 2005
  
  In 2005 land mines and leishmaniasis took a big toll in the Colombian military, some 10,000 soldiers were terminated from the service, this adding to the number of combat casualties suffered.
  
  ## 2006
  
  On November 20, 2006, the Joint Task Force OMEGA engaged in combat operations against members of the Southern Bloc of the FARC-EP near the town of Cartagena del Chaira. General Gilberto Rocha announced that three soldiers and 11 rebels were killed.
  
  ## Results
  
  The main objective of the operation was not accomplished but major advances against the guerrilla were accomplished. Initially the theater of operations covered a total area of 85,000 km² where some 150 thousand civilians live and approximately 4,350 members of the FARC operated. By the end of the operation the Colombian military calculated that there were 2,525 guerrillas still operating in the area. The Colombian military also destroyed some 35,000 h of illegal crops and by the end of operations there were some 15,000 h left to destroy. The Colombian Army also neutralized mobility corridors and road networks that the FARC had set up in the region and recovered fluvial navigation in the Guayabero, Caguan River, Vaupes and Yari rivers. There were also 137 members of the Colombian military killed in action and some 1,300 wounded.
  
  