Colombia military operation kills 10 FARC dissidents
3 years, 9 months ago

Colombia military operation kills 10 FARC dissidents

Al Jazeera  

Colombian army bombs a base housing dissidents from the former FARC rebel group in Calamar, southeast Colombia. Bombing by the Colombian military has killed 10 and injured three at a base used by dissidents from the former FARC armed group in southeast Colombia, according to the minister. Defence Minister Diego Molano said on Twitter on Tuesday the military action had “neutralised” 13 FARC dissidents under the command of a man who goes by the alias “Gentil Duarte”. It said the force would pursue members of the ELN – the last active rebel group in Colombia – as well as drug gangs and ex-FARC rebels who have abandoned the peace terms.

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Dozens of former FARC fighters abandon ‘reincorporation’ village in Colombia after death threats
4 months ago

Dozens of former FARC fighters abandon ‘reincorporation’ village in Colombia after death threats

Associated Press  

BOGOTA, Colombia — Dozens of former guerrilla fighters and their families were forced to abandon their village in southern Colombia on Tuesday, after receiving death threats by a rebel group that is still fighting the government, authorities said. On Tuesday more than 80 people, including former fighters, their children and their spouses, left the Miravalle area for another village — …

Violence intensifies in southwest Colombia as FARC holdout group attacks police and military
7 months ago

Violence intensifies in southwest Colombia as FARC holdout group attacks police and military

Hindustan Times  

BOGOTA, Colombia — Violence intensified in southwestern Colombia on Monday when a bomb blast injured six people in the city of Jamundi and an attack by insurgents on a police station in the rural town of Morales left at least two officers dead, according to police. Violence intensifies in southwest Colombia as FARC holdout group attacks police and military Colombia’s …

1 soldier killed and 12 injured in attack in Colombia blamed on drug cartel
11 months, 3 weeks ago

1 soldier killed and 12 injured in attack in Colombia blamed on drug cartel

Associated Press  

BUCARAMANGA, Colombia — One soldier was killed and 12 were injured Wednesday in an attack with explosives on a military unit in western Colombia that the army blamed on the notorious Gulf Clan drug cartel. The ministry attributed the attack to a faction of the Gulf Clan, considered by authorities to be the country’s largest active drug cartel. The governor …

Colombian rebel group says it will stop attacks on military
1 year, 5 months ago

Colombian rebel group says it will stop attacks on military

Associated Press  

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia’s largest rebel group said it will stop attacks on the nation’s military as it prepares for a ceasefire with the government that could bring both sides closer to ending five decades of war. In a statement published Tuesday, the National Liberation Army’s Central Command ordered its units across the country to “cease all offensive actions” against …

Militants kill 9 soldiers in attack on Colombia’s military
1 year, 8 months ago

Militants kill 9 soldiers in attack on Colombia’s military

Associated Press  

BOGOTA, Colombia — Militants in Colombia killed nine soldiers and wounded nine others in an attack early Wednesday on a military unit securing a northern pipeline, officials said, complicating efforts by the country’s new leftist president to negotiate a lasting peace. In addition to the attack, Patiño said, the ELN has been increasing harassing civilians in the departments of Cauca, …

Colombian rebels kill nine soldiers in blow to peace talks
1 year, 8 months ago

Colombian rebels kill nine soldiers in blow to peace talks

Al Jazeera  

Preliminary military assessment has identified the left-wing ELN as responsible for the attack in a northern province. An attack by the Colombian rebel group known as the National Liberation Army has allegedly killed nine government soldiers, in a blow to the government’s efforts to negotiate a truce with armed groups and curb violence in the country. Colombia’s internal conflict stretches …

Six Colombian soldiers killed in FARC dissident attack: Army
2 years ago

Six Colombian soldiers killed in FARC dissident attack: Army

Al Jazeera  

Deadly attack by rebel dissidents takes place in Cauca, a southwestern region that has seen a surge in violence. Six Colombian soldiers have been killed in fighting with rebel dissidents in the violence-plagued southwestern region of Cauca, the country’s army said, as the government seeks to end a decades-long conflict. Colombia’s military said on Tuesday that the deaths occurred in …

Colombian officials met FARC dissidents, president’s tweet shows
2 years, 3 months ago

Colombian officials met FARC dissidents, president’s tweet shows

Al Jazeera  

Gov’t representatives have met with members of an armed group that grew out of demobilised FARC rebels, photos show. Colombian government representatives have met with members of an armed group that grew out of the demobilised FARC rebels, photos tweeted by President Gustavo Petro have shown. On his Twitter account, Petro published two photos on Sunday that appeared to show …

FARC dissident leader killed in Colombian army operation: Duque
2 years, 6 months ago

FARC dissident leader killed in Colombian army operation: Duque

Al Jazeera  

One of Colombia’s most wanted criminals, Leider Johany Noscue was killed in Cauca province, President Ivan Duque says. A leader of a criminal group made up of Colombian rebel dissidents has been killed in a military operation in the country’s southwest, President Ivan Duque said. Leider Johany Noscue, a dissident from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, which laid down …

Colombia: Former army officials admit role in killing civilians
2 years, 7 months ago

Colombia: Former army officials admit role in killing civilians

Al Jazeera  

Ex-army officials tell special tribunal they participated in so-called ‘false positive’ killings of over 100 civilians. “After years of silence and fear, the time for truth has finally arrived, to put an end to decades of impunity,” the JEP said in a video shared before the ex-military officials’ statements. Al Jazeera’s Alessandro Rampietti, reporting from the capital Bogota, said “truly …

Colombian army says 6 soldiers killed in attack in northwest
2 years, 8 months ago

Colombian army says 6 soldiers killed in attack in northwest

Al Jazeera  

Authorities blame alleged drug traffickers from the Gulf Clan for the attack in Colombia’s northwest. At least six Colombian soldiers have been killed in a bombing in the country’s northwest, the army said, attributing the attack to accused drug traffickers who are active in the area. Another five soldiers were injured and one remains missing after the attack, which took …

UN rights office urges Colombia to prosecute over deadly raid
2 years, 8 months ago

UN rights office urges Colombia to prosecute over deadly raid

Al Jazeera  

Colombia say March operation targeted rebel dissidents, but rights groups reported at least four civilians were killed. The United Nations’s human rights body has urged Colombia to prosecute those responsible for a military raid that resulted in the deaths of 11 people, including four civilians that community members say were passed off as fighters. “We recommend that all disciplinary and …

Colombia says at least 23 FARC dissidents killed in operation
2 years, 10 months ago

Colombia says at least 23 FARC dissidents killed in operation

Al Jazeera  

At least 23 dissidents of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia rebel group were killed during an operation by the Colombian armed forces along the Venezuelan border, the defence ministry said. “This operation forcefully dismantles the FARC dissident structure,” Colombian defence minister Diego Molano said in a video published on social media. Former FARC dissidents, as well as members of …

Indigenous activists’ deaths highlight surging Colombia conflict
2 years, 10 months ago

Indigenous activists’ deaths highlight surging Colombia conflict

Al Jazeera  

This article was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. “All of this has happened due to competition over territorial control to carry out drug trafficking,” said Samuel Cucuname, a member of the guard and Breiner’s father, standing beside his son’s grave at the burial, which the Nasa people refer to as “planting” someone back to the …

Top ELN rebel commander dies after bombing, Colombia gov’t says
3 years, 2 months ago

Top ELN rebel commander dies after bombing, Colombia gov’t says

Al Jazeera  

ELN leader Angel Padilla Romero, known by alias Fabian, died in hospital after a military bombing, defence minister says. Angel Padilla Romero, known by his alias Fabian, headed the ELN’s Western Front and died in a hospital in Cali, the country’s third-largest city, Defence Minister Diego Molano told reporters on Tuesday. “We have made the hardest hit against the ELN …

Colombia investigating after car bomb injures 36 at military base
3 years, 6 months ago

Colombia investigating after car bomb injures 36 at military base

Al Jazeera  

The defence ministry says two men drove a Toyota truck onto a military base in the city of Cucuta, near the border with Venezuela. The Colombian government is investigating after car bomb explosions at a military base near the country’s border with Venezuela injured 36 people. “We reject and repudiate this vile and terrorist act which sought to attack the …

Venezuelan offensive sends thousands of civilians into Colombia
3 years, 8 months ago

Venezuelan offensive sends thousands of civilians into Colombia

Al Jazeera  

The military now faces serious human rights abuse accusations which include extrajudicial killings as well as beatings and arbitrary detentions. Intense and continual armed clashes between the elite Venezuela military unit, known as FANB, and Colombian rebel dissident groups have taken place in various small border towns of Apure state since March 21. “We don’t understand this war … it’s …

Venezuela: Two soldiers killed by land mine near Colombia border
3 years, 8 months ago

Venezuela: Two soldiers killed by land mine near Colombia border

Al Jazeera  

The explosion also left nine members of Venezuela’s military injured, the defence ministry says. Venezuela on Thursday said two of its soldiers were killed by a land mine during operations to confront armed groups along the Colombian border that have forced the displacement of thousands of civilians. The news follows a March 22 announcement by the government of President Nicolas …

Colombia accuses FARC dissidents of car bomb that injured dozens
3 years, 8 months ago

Colombia accuses FARC dissidents of car bomb that injured dozens

Al Jazeera  

Bombing in Corinto on Friday injured 43 people, including several public officials, defence minister says. The government of Colombia has accused dissidents of the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia of detonating a car bomb on Friday that injured dozens of people including several public officials. Defence Minister Diego Molano said early on Saturday that 43 people were injured in …

Venezuela says six members of ‘armed groups’ killed near Colombia
3 years, 8 months ago

Venezuela says six members of ‘armed groups’ killed near Colombia

Al Jazeera  

Thousands are displaced after Venezuela military launched operation against ‘armed groups’ near Colombian border. Venezuela’s defence ministry has said six fighters belonging to “irregular Colombian armed groups” have been killed in a military operation near the Venezuela-Colombia border, which has displaced thousands of civilians since last Sunday. In a statement on Saturday, the department said 39 additional fighters were taken …

Killings of Colombia ex-FARC fighters persist amid peace process
3 years, 11 months ago

Killings of Colombia ex-FARC fighters persist amid peace process

Al Jazeera  

Since FARC fighters disarmed in 2017 as part of the peace deal, a total of 253 have been killed, including four already in 2021. The current right-wing government of President Ivan Duque Marquez – which came to power in 2018 – has unsuccessfully fought to change the peace deal’s lenient punishments for former FARC fighters. “They’ve killed four already this …

UN envoy says ex-FARC fighters in Colombia being killed
4 years, 2 months ago

UN envoy says ex-FARC fighters in Colombia being killed

Al Jazeera  

At least 19 former combatants from the leftist group, which signed a peace deal in 2016, have been killed in past three months, UN says. Ruiz Massieu told the Security Council that the FARC’s laying down of arms and its transition into a political party has been completed and is “irreversible.” But he said the reintegration of FARC members into …

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