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Government air strikes kill 20 alleged guerrillas in Colombia, president says

Members of the EMC rebel group that broke away from the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, operate a checkpoint in the Micay Canyon region, southwestern Colombia, Wednesday, August 14, 2024.
Members of the EMC rebel group that broke away from the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, operate a checkpoint in the Micay Canyon region, southwestern Colombia, Wednesday, August 14, 2024. © Fernando Vergara, AP

Fresh government air strikes have killed 20 alleged members of the Central General Staff (EMC) armed group in southern Colombia, the country's new right-wing President Abelardo de la Espriella said Monday. The new administration carried out two other deadly air strikes against suspected guerrillas in August, which sources within Colombia's forensics authority say killed at least four minors.

Twenty guerrillas have been killed in Colombia in the latest bombing raid on insurgent-controlled areas ordered by the new government, the president said Monday.

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