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FARC, army clash in northeast Colombia

by Adriaan Alsema December 7, 2011

Colombia army combat

The Colombian army and members of guerrilla group FARC have been fighting heavily in the northeast of Colombia where rebel leader “Timochenko” is thought to be located.

According to radio station Caracol, the army says two of its members and one civilians were injured when attacked by the FARC’s 33rd Front in the region of Catatumbo, Norte de Santander.

The attack is the third rebel offensive this week; on Monday, rebels were able to halt the transport of crude oil through the region after setting off explosives at the Caño Limon pipeline. Two villages near the town of Tibu were reportedly also attacked.

Reinforcements were sent to the region where authorities think Timochenko, who took over the leadership of the FARC after the killing of his successor “Alfonso Cano” last month, is located.

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