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Colombia army kills
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Army killed 9 FARC guerrillas: Colombia’s defense minister

by Adriaan Alsema September 24, 2013

Colombia’s defense minister said on Tuesday that the army has killed nine FARC fighters in combat in the south of the country.

In a public speech, Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon said the army had killed the members of the FARC’s Teofilo Forero unit in the north of the Caqueta department.

Durante Rendición de Cuentas @mindefensa informa el abatimiento de 9 terroristas de la Teófilo Forero de las #Farc @FuerzasMilCol

— Mindefensa Colombia (@mindefensa) September 24, 2013

The deaths were not confirmed by the FARC.

Six of the rebel casualties were men. Three were women.

Newspaper El Tiempo reported that the combat was part of an offensive to find FARC ringleader “El Paisa,” the commander of the Teofilo Forero mobile column.

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Sources

  • Abatidos nueve guerrilleros de las Farc entre Caquetá y Huila (El Tiempo)
  • Nueve guerrilleros de las Farc murieron en enfrentamiento con el Ejército en Caquetá (Caracol Radio)
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