Operation Rayo

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Operation Rayo
Part of Insurgency in Narsora
Date October 8, 2014-October 16, 2014

(1 week, 1 day)

Location Anyaba Province, Narsora
Result
  • Town of Şahais recaptured from insurgents.
  • Over 200+ insurgents surrender at the city of Alagiah.
  • Capture of NLP leader Fermín Américo Santiago.
  • NLP militant group collapses.
  • End of Insurgency.
Belligerents
Flag of Narsora.jpg Narsora Flag of NLP.png NLP
Commanders and leaders
Flag of Narsora.jpg Adelina Aylen
Flag of Narsora.jpg Gen.Ramón Biel Santos
Flag of NLP.png Fermín Américo (P.O.W) Santiago
Flag of NLP.png Fabio Lino Macías (P.O.W)
Units involved
Narsoran National Military
Strength
2,000 soldiers 330-650 insurgents
Casualties and losses
12 killed, 25 wounded 130-205 killed, 200+ captured.
50+ civilians killed

Operation Rayo was carried out in response to the Air Narsora Flight 135 Hijacking, in order to hunt down the remaining insurgents and put an end to the country's insurgency.

Beginning

The operation was preceded by extensive air strikes, and artillery shelling which killed unknown numbers of insurgents.

Operation

On October 10th around 2,000 soldiers from the 1st Infantry Division were deployed to Anyaba Province, the center of the insurgency. On the 11th they retook the town of Şahais after two days under NLP control and three days later prevented militants from attacking the provincial capital of Alagiah.

End of Operation

On October 14th special forces captured NLP commander Fermín Américo Santiago, in the town of Essekoa, 15 miles from Alagiah, he is believed to have been attempting to leave the country and was found barricaded in a residential house. On the 15th, after being surrounded and out gunned by security forces and the capture of their commander over 200 insurgents surrendered in Alagiah, these two-hundred were believed to be the last remaining militant forces in the conflict.

War Crimes

In late-October, three narsoran soldiers were cout-martialed after a video showing them beating and executing a disarmed militant surfaced on the internet. Three soldiers were found guilty, discharged and charged with assault, unlawful murder and Disobeying a commanding officer, they are currently serving 5 years in Fort Aipzrga Military Prison.

Aftermath

The success of the operation is attributed to (according to a captured militant); "The chaotic organization" of the group after the 2011 capture of NLP founder Julien Vezquez, and unlike the 2010 conflict the improved counter-insurgency training of the military.