In an Army Aviation helicopter, the anti-explosive canine Kenya, which for five years has been dedicated to detect anti-personnel mines, was evacuated. Kenya is a canine of the Belgian Malinois breed and for five years has been dedicated to detecting antipersonnel mines and improvised explosive devices. in the departments of Caquetá, Cesar and Norte de Santander, installed by armed groups organized to prevent the Army from approaching illicit crops and in general to areas where these groups are offended.
Kenya has spent two years in Catatumbo saving the life and integrity of the soldiers of the Second Division of the Army, who carry out military operations in Norte de Santander; however, due to the inclemency of the terrain, the weather and the exhausting daily work, this four-legged heroine presented health complications and had to be evacuated in a Black Hawk from the Army Aviation, from the general area of Catatumbo where Kenya, together with its companions, carry out military operations against the organized armed groups that commit crimes in this region of the country.
Once the urgency was reported, an aircraft commanded by Major Jorge Guerrero of the Aviation Air Assault Division was arranged, who along with his crew and support of the troops of the Thirty-second Brigade of the Second Division moved Kenya to the Santander Battalion, located in Ocaña, Norte de Santander, where it is attended by a specialist.