Guerilla attack in Dapa. Advisory to Cali Gringo's

mariasman says on Mar 30, 2006, 06:25:

Maybe you are rite however,,, It is so nice and cool up there that sometimes the temptation is worth it. Seriously though, It is great for mountain biking as alot of foriegns do on the road to DAPA although yes, it can be risky. I usually keep up with the advisory's but you never know.

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sweetcalena says on Mar 30, 2006, 18:02:

Dapa, Colombia Page I found a map and some pics of a farm in Dapa.
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CO/29/Dapa.html
http://www.escapeartist.com/efam/51/Colombia_Cali.html

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miamimike says on Mar 30, 2006, 18:46:

Confused... How could this Violence Occur near peaceful Cali?

"Wait a minute. What did you just say? You're predicting $4-a-gallon gas? That's interesting. I hadn't heard that." -- Feb. 28, 2008 --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C.

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Atrevido says on Mar 30, 2006, 19:28:

The four guerrilla were using a taxi. They were hoping to kidnap a very rich finca owner in El Silencio which is below and a little north of the antennas on the east side of that mountain. It's not far from the wealthy subdivision called Miralia. They had a shotgun and some grenades. Apparently his bodyguards held them at bay until the Alta Montaña force arrived and wasted them. Dapa has several campestre style restaurants (but no bars as such). The first and newest one you come to going up the mountain road is Balcon De Dapa. Next is Rancho De Amaro. If you continue to the church then drop down to Las Vegas (El Hueco) there is Canela Y Candela with the best ambience of all located along a rushing mountain stream. Climbing back up to Dapa proper there is La Casona (forget this place especially and the rest of them on days like Mothers Day unless you have a reservation). Continue up another kilometer and you arrive at Barra Campestre, a sister restaurant to Barra De Manolo down in barrio Granada in Cali. Dapa is one of the safest areas in the environs of Cali. It's populated mostly by the fincas of rich caleños and and there is considerable pressure to keep it "sano". Not only are the Dapa police very attuned to what's going on there is a significant connection with the hard right so that a lot of pesky crimes are taken care of "in house". There is no safety crisis going on in fact the Municipio de Yumbo is at this very moment fixing (finally) the awful potholes that have plagued weekend restaurant goers and cyclists for so long.

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utopiacowboy says on Mar 30, 2006, 21:33:

Now that was an informative post.

Disclaimer: any comment I make is inane and is not to be taken seriously, and is so patently ridiculous that no one should take it seriously, even as an insult.

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azucenadelvalle7 says on Apr 16, 2006, 15:58:

Guerilla Attack Atrevido,
I am interested to know where you got your information about this "guerilla" attack in El Silencio? Can you respond? Also are you located by chance up in Dapa?
Azucenadelvalle

Azucenadelvalle

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platano says on Apr 16, 2006, 17:01:

Atrevido, You say: "They had a shotgun and some grenades."

Sorry, that doesn't sound like guerrillas. That sounds like "delincuencia común" imitating guerrilla tactics. Everybody is quick to label it a "guerrilla attack". Did they have guerrilla membership cards? The guerrillas are filthy rich. They travel with metras (plural) not a single shotgun.
Does not compute.

*Note to GringoD: "metras" is shorthand for "ametralladoras" (machine guns, as in M60s which only cost 2 million pesos)

plátano

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la campiña says on Apr 17, 2006, 12:42:

Dapa I have walked many times from dapa to kilometre 18 with friends all obviously gringos, we have never seen any problems and dapa is beautiful, spectacular scenery fantastic fincas many of which must be very exclusive amazing eucaliptus trees miles of tea plantations all breathtaking try it

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juancegomez says on Apr 17, 2006, 12:56:

platano... None of us can be sure.

Still, it's known that guerrillas and paras often work hand in hand with common criminals in certain circumstances, so some amount of crossbreeding is inevitable (resulting in guerrillas and paras that act like common criminals, and common criminals that act like guerrillas and paras).

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Gator says on Apr 17, 2006, 16:19:

Planto Is Correct. Usually Toting An... AK-47 or a MP-5. Be sure and smile when you met one and say, "¡Sus ametralladoras están tan muy limpias! Me encanta su uniforme."

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