Living in the midst of the war between two dissidences: “We are crouched and humiliated”

The boats that sail along the Caguán River from Cartagena del Chairá (Caquetá) appear in the distance like a stain of red roofs floating on the water. Their engines went out on April 16, when an audio attributed to the dissidences of the extinct FARC that, under the command of Iván Mordisco, call themselves the Central General Staff. In it they announced an armed strike in the coastal towns, and in large areas of the department located between t…

BOGOTÁ (AP) — Dissidents from a defunct guerrilla group ambushed a military patrol in southeastern Colombia on Sunday, killing six soldiers and briefly holding five others before being released into the community, the government said.

The military group “was ambushed and attacked” by a faction of the FARC’s dissents, with which the government has peace negotiations, and which is led by alias ‘Calarcá’. COLOMBIA.- Six Colombian soldiers died and another is missing after an attack by the dissidents of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) on the troops in the department of Guaviare, in the southeast of the country, confirmed this Sunday (27,04,2025) military sources.

At least nine soldiers were killed and about ten others were captured during hostilities with guerrillas in southeastern Colombia, media in the Latin American country reported on Sunday. The fighting took place in the department of Guaviare, RCN said, citing sources in the armed forces. Various factions of dissidents of the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), who reject the 2016 peace agreement and continue their guerrilla war,…

Six soldiers died in the department of Guaviare; Colombia is experiencing the highest peak of violence in the last decade

This Sunday, an armed attack against a military patrol in Guaviare left several soldiers dead and others kidnapped. They were traveling in a military vehicle and were ambushed by dissidents. According to preliminary information from authorities, at least nine soldiers were reportedly lost […] The post Dissident ambush on the Army leaves several soldiers dead and others kidnapped first appeared on Noticias Prensa Independiente.