The history of my family

By juan agredo

  • Joining the police

    In 1989 my father johnson agredo joined the police force at the age of 19 and retired 28 years later.

  • Beginning of his career

    Everything began in the rafael reyes school in Santa rosa de viterbo, Boyaca, where he obtained the rank of agent in the same year, then in 1992 after meeting a series of requirements and passing a competition he entered the sub officers school Gonzalo Gimenez de quezada in the same year.

  • The first capture

    This event occurred in the city of Tunja while practicing searches to people could see how a young man to feel his presence eluded the look which indicated an alert and to follow the procedure according to the security measures realized that this was carrying an illegal firearm, proceeding with his first catch.

  • Beginning of the war against Pablo Escobar

    At that time every policeman had a price on his head, where Pablo Escobar encouraged the murder of policemen and the higher the rank, the higher the reward, a war that lasted until December 2, 1993.

  • War against the FARC

    After a few months of calm, a war was unleashed against the FARC, which resulted in a large number of subversive attacks on towns, kidnappings of policemen, merchants and the murder of hostages.ending with one of the most violent takeovers as was the takeover of mitu

  • Beginning of the Colombian self-defense groups

    Although initially created to combat the guerrillas, they have become another group of murderers and drug traffickers, who dispute territories, displace peasants and extort money from the population.

  • reestablishment of state presence in neglected municipalities

    Under the government of President Alvaro Uribe, the presence of the state and its armed forces was reestablished in municipalities where it had not existed for many years.

  • construction of stations in municipalities where there were none

    It is the responsibility of the station commanders to take the necessary steps to obtain resources to finance the projects, and they must turn to the government.

  • Represent the police at international events

    Thanks to his command of English, he was able to represent the police at events such as the Summit of the Americas, the U-20 soccer world cup and the field hockey world cup.

  • Withdrawal from the institution

    On July 19, 2016, he retired from the institution at his own will, reaching the highest rank, with 375 commendations, 17 decorations, 2 commissions abroad and a pension, concluding 28 years of service to the country.