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

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…

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Dissident militia in Colombia says kidnapped French Foreign Legion soldier alive

Colombian rebels have claimed responsibility for kidnapping a Colombian soldier serving in the French Foreign Legion, saying he is alive and in good health nearly a month after he was seized in the south-west of the country. However they warned the government against any military intervention.

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Colombia's Largest Guerrilla Group Backs Call For All Militias To Unite And Repel Any U.S. Operations

Antonio Garcia, leader of the largest guerrilla group in Colombia, backed a call for all militias in the country to unite to repel any U.S. operations there, according to a new report.

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Top FARC Dissident Calls for 'Great Insurgent Bloc' After U.S. Military Action in Venezuela

Ivan Mordisco urged commanders to "leave these differences aside," adding that "the destiny of our peoples demands unity in a common trench"

Latin Times

Colombian president says rebel leader planned to have him assassinated by snipers

Gustavo Petro said Ivan Mordisco, head of the Estado Mayor Central, allied himself with a group called "New Drug Trafficking Board" with that purpose

Latin Times

Police Officers Killed As Colombia Rebels Launch Gun, Bomb Attacks

Colombian guerrilla fighters on Monday killed two police officers and two other people in separate gun and bomb attacks that injured at least seven in the country's restive southwest, officials said.

International Business Times

Divisions Among Colombia's FARC Dissidents Complicate Peace Talks

One of Colombia's most powerful guerrilla groups has suffered an internal rupture expected to further complicate the country's troubled peace process.

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Split Among Colombia Guerrillas Strikes Blow To Peace Talks

A top rebel commander has pulled out of Colombia's peace negotiations amid a split in one of the most powerful guerrilla groups in the country, the government said Tuesday.

International Business Times

Colombia military kills FARC dissident leader Mordisco

Nestor Gregorio Vera, who commanded a group of former Colombian rebels who rejected a peace deal and was best known by his alias Ivan Mordisco, died in an armed forces bombing this week, Defense Minister Diego Molano said on Friday.

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