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Indigenous leader assassinated by FARC guerrillas

An indigenous organization has denounced Colombia’s largest left-wing guerrilla group, FARC, for allegedly assassinating an indigenous leader. The association of indigenous councils of Northern Cauca (ACIN) have, in an...

‘FARC’ kills policeman in southwestern Colombia

An alleged FARC sniper killed a policeman Wednesday in Colombia’s southwestern department of Cauca. Another policeman was wounded in the fighting, according to police, which took place in the municipality of Jambalo, located...

Colombian general relieved of duties from FARC hot spot

The commander of Colombia’s Third Army Division, General Miguel Perez, was relieved of his duties Wednesday following an escalation of violence in teh southwest of the country. The Colombian government discharged the general the...

March demands armed actors leave southwestern Colombia

Indigenous people in Colombia’s southwestern Cauca department said Tuesday the army as well as ELN and FARC guerrilla movements must leave their territory, various media reported. “The population has not been consulted. This is...

Six suspected ‘goat bombers’ captured in aerial assault

The Colombian military has detained six suspected members of the guerrilla group FARC believed to be responsible for a July 9 ‘goat bombing’ that left three dead, newspaper El Pais announced Monday. In a nighttime air assault in...

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