US EditionAttack at a police station in Colombia by FARC dissidents kills 1, injures 4
FARC dissidents led by Néstor Gregorio Vera used human shields during the attack, killing one officer and injuring four in Carmelo, Cauca, authorities said.
- On Sunday, a faction of the former FARC rebels carried out an assault on a police facility in Carmelo, Cauca, resulting in the death of one officer and injuries to four others.
- The attack followed a police crackdown on criminal groups, with the dissident factions rejecting the 2016 peace deal and pulling out of negotiations with Gustavo Petro's administration.
- The assault featured gunfire and grenades targeting officers who called for assistance, while armed groups reportedly positioned civilians to obstruct troop reinforcements.
- Octavio Guzmán, governor of Cauca, urgently called Defense Minister Pedro Sánchez to restore public order and protect civilians amid these 'terrorist actions,' as described by the army.
- Troops entered Carmelo to restore order, highlighting ongoing violence from FARC dissidents under the command of one of Colombia's most wanted, Iván Mordisco.
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The 34-year-old David Rodriguez died during the assault with explosives and rifle bursts at the police substation of El Carmelo, in the department of Cauca.
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Attack at a police station in Colombia by FARC dissidents kills 1, injures 4
Authorities say dissidents of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia have attacked a police station in southwestern Colombia, killing a police officer and injuring four people.
Dozens of parishioners attended the Eucharist in El Carmelo, a town in southwestern Colombia, when they interrupted their prayers when they heard the shots coming from the street: alleged members of the dissidents of the former guerrilla Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia attacked the public forces.
The police announced the beginning of an investigation to find the whereabouts of those responsible and bring them to justice. A dead police officer and four more wounded left an attack by the Farc dissidents on the police substation of El Carmelo, in the department of Cauca, reported the director of the institution, General Carlos Fernando Triana. The high officer said in his X account that he condemned “with the greatest contundity the crimina…
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