"Narco-Socialist Rats Better Start Running": Colombia's Trump-Backed "El Tigre" Launches Major Offensive Against FARC

Trump-backed Colombian President Abelardo De La Espriella wasted no time putting his law-and-order agenda into high gear, launching a major military offensive against Marxist FARC dissidents days after taking office on Friday. 

"The new government's kinetic approach is already underway in southwestern Colombia," local outlet Colombia One wrote on Sunday. 

The report continued, "A military operation is currently unfolding against the FARC dissidents led by alias' Ivan Mordisco' in the department of Cauca. The combats are heavily concentrated in the rural area of El Tambo, where initial reports indicate that at least five members of the dissident structure have been killed." 

De La Espriella announced on Sunday evening that Colombia and the United States are strengthening their strategic alliance: 

Colombia and the United States strengthen their strategic alliance. Following the inauguration of President Abelardo De La Espriella, the United States announced its intention to allocate USD 1 billion for a new security package for Colombia, which must be processed in coordination with the U.S. Congress. The new bilateral agenda seeks to bolster the capabilities of our Public Force, intensify the fight against drug trafficking and transnational crime, regain territorial control, and expand technological and intelligence cooperation. A new stage in the relationship between Colombia and the United States, based on shared objectives: security, prosperity, and defense of our nations

Colombia y Estados Unidos fortalecen su alianza estratégica.

Tras la posesión del presidente Abelardo De La Espriella, Estados Unidos anunció su intención de destinar USD 1.000 millones para un nuevo paquete de seguridad para Colombia, que deberá ser tramitado en coordinación… pic.twitter.com/cUN28Lg5em

— Presidencia Colombia 🇨🇴 (@infopresidencia) August 9, 2026

Footage of the offensive:

🚨 | URGENTE:

Avanzan los operativos para capturar o eliminar al criminal guerrillero FARC Alias Mordisco, no descansan los héroes de la patria, y menos, nuestro mandatario, el tigre Abelardo.

¡Llegó la Patria Milagro! pic.twitter.com/cB24KU9vWN

— Santiago Alvarán (@SALVARANM) August 9, 2026

🚨 #ÚltimaHora | Máxima tensión en El Tambo, Cauca. Fuertes combates entre el @COL_EJERCITO y las disidencias de las FARC (frente Carlos Patiño) dejan al menos 5 criminales abatidos en la vereda El Recuerdo y el cerro Santana.

La población civil permanece confinada por el fuego… pic.twitter.com/wp3brB4g0Z

— Revista Político (@RevistaPolitico) August 9, 2026

Esto es diciendo y haciendo: Comenzaron los operativos contra las Farc en Cauca. Las ratas narcosocialistas a correr y el glorioso Ejército a cumplir su deber constitucional.

Vamos a ver cuánto tiempo se demoran los alcahuetas de los terroristas es salir a berriar por esas… pic.twitter.com/BRkSEqqyZ2

— Carlos Ayala.Ozarco (@AyalaCarlOzarco) August 9, 2026

🇨🇴🇧🇷‼️COLÔMBIA: Pelo menos 4 caças Kfir da Fuerza Aeroespacial teriam decolado da base de Tolemaida com destino à Amazônia.

Segundo informações preliminares, o alvo seria a localização de alias Iván Mordisco, líder das dissidências das FARC (EMC).

O movimento ocorre logo após a… pic.twitter.com/o3S2ygiFGS

— Conservatism And Elegance 🇺🇲 (@ThayzzySmith) August 9, 2026

🚨🇨🇴| En este momento se desarrolla una fuerte ofensiva militar contra las disidencias de la guerrilla de las FARC de alias Iván Mordisco, en la Zona rural de El Tambo, Cauca. Al menos 5 disidentes abatidos. ¿Apoyas la MANO DURA de Abelardo de la Espriella contra los criminales? pic.twitter.com/ZftyMPSvua

— Eduardo Menoni (@eduardomenoni) August 9, 2026

¡ATENCIÓN COLOMBIA!
¡En Nariño se escriben páginas de gloria!
El valiente Ejército Nacional está librando duros y contundentes combates contra las estructuras criminales del ELN. Nuestros soldados, con coraje y profesionalismo, están golpeando con fuerza a quienes siembran terror…

— Jhonf Fonseca (@Jhonffonseca) August 9, 2026

La moral de nuestro Ejército volverá a ser la de antes: firme, honorable y leal a Colombia. 🇨🇴🇨🇴 pic.twitter.com/sy8OeqLOcD

— 𝕲𝖚𝖘. 『X』 (@CapGusXMan) August 9, 2026

🇨🇴 Colombia’s army just captured a FARC dissident commander known as “Menor” as armed groups intensify attacks across the country.

The 29th Brigade detained the mid-level leader of the Dagoberto Ramos structure during a raid earlier this month.

At the same time, one of the… pic.twitter.com/aljOl6h6jE

— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) August 9, 2026

Otro escuadrón de la JUNGLA acaba de salir de una extracción caliente en plena selva de coca. Por fin Colombia tiene un gobierno que no solo habla, sino que actúa. Golpea donde duele a los narcotraficantes y trabaja de verdad por los colombianos. Esto no es un operativo más: es… pic.twitter.com/bK5nx48I5p

— Jhonf Fonseca (@Jhonffonseca) August 9, 2026

Here's our coverage of De La Espriella's inauguration and the broader political realignment sweeping across the Americas, where a growing red wave has sent the region's far-left and socialists into panic mode. 

• Trump-Backed "El Tigre" Takes Power In Colombia As Right-Wing Wave Sweeps Americas

Visualize the political shift across the Americas:

Marxists are not happy: they have launched numerous car bomb attacks against De La Espriella:

• Marxist Terror Group Responsible For Colombian Truck Bomb Attack

With Colombia strengthening ties with the Trump administration, El Colombiano's Alberto Sierra wrote on X that FARC dissidents and other far-left terror networks could soon confront the uncomfortable reality of US-made MQ-9 Reaper in the skies. He effectively warned that there may soon be nowhere left to hide: 

Take a good look at this machine. Because it represents more than just military technology.

It is the MQ-9 Reaper, one of the most advanced aerial surveillance platforms used in operations against armed organizations and criminal networks.

Colombia is preparing to incorporate this capability.

The difference?

Hours of surveillance. Real-time information. Tracking of movements. Identification of targets. Greater capacity to anticipate enemy operations.

In a country where the geography allowed armed groups to vanish among jungles, mountains, and rivers for decades, this changes the rules.

The goal is not to turn technology into propaganda. It is something much simpler: to make the State see.

Because whoever controls the information controls the initiative.

And when the enemy knows that it can be located even in the places where it once felt safe, its margin for maneuver begins to shrink.

○ Miren bien esta máquina. Porque representa algo más que tecnología militar.

Es el MQ-9 Reaper, una de las plataformas de vigilancia aérea más avanzadas utilizadas en operaciones contra organizaciones armadas y redes criminales.

Colombia se prepara para incorporar esta… pic.twitter.com/LNLvFEz0he

— Alberto Sierra (@AlbertoSierrave) August 8, 2026

"In just 24 hours, the Colombian army has captured and taken down several narcos, extortionists, and guerrillas, and now the left has come out crying about human rights—typical of lefties, defending criminals," X user Escuela Austriaca de Economía said. 

What is unfolding in Colombia appears to be part of the Trump administration's broader effort to restore order across the Western Hemisphere after years in which socialist and Marxist governments allowed narco-terrorist networks to expand amid widespread lawlessness.