In August 1998 a Colombian National Police Base was overrun by the FARC guerrillas and later rebuilt and reoccupied in February 2004.

The territory is flat or slightly undulated and covered by jungle, typical of the Amazon basin.

Climate is calid and highly humid, maintaining an average temperature throughout the year of 28 °C.

[6] The legal economy in the region is mostly based on logging and agriculture, and to a minor scale artisan fishing.

Due to the presence of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla and other groups involved in the illegal drug trade business, the economy in Miraflores was ruled by coca.