US EditionRebels in Colombia Attack a Military Patrol with a Drone, Killing 3 Soldiers
NORTE DE SANTANDER, COLOMBIA, JUL 21 – The National Liberation Army (ELN) used drones in an attack that killed three soldiers in Norte De Santander, marking a significant escalation in regional conflict tactics.
- On Sunday, the military said the drone strike hit a patrol outside El Carmen, Catatumbo region.
- Last year, Colombia's Defense Ministry reported 115 drone attacks, and the army said the ELN comprises approximately six thousand fighters that have been fighting the government since the 1960s.
- The assault killed three soldiers and wounded eight, and rebels mostly use commercial photography drones with explosives strapped to them.
- In January, Colombia's government suspended peace talks with the ELN, after earlier Catatumbo attacks killed at least 80 people and displaced 50,000.
- Small rebel groups and drug gangs now fight over former FARC territory, while rebels increasingly deploy drones against military and rival factions.
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Rebels in Colombia attack a military patrol with a drone, killing 3
BOGOTA, Colombia: Rebels in northeastern Colombia used a drone to attack a military patrol in a rural area, killing three soldiers and injuring eight, the military said. The army blamed the attack on the National Liberation Army, or ELN, a group of approximately six thousand fighters that has been fighting the Colombian government since the 1960s. The attack took place Sunday
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Rebels in Colombia attack a military patrol with a drone, killing 3 soldiers
Colombia's military says that rebels in northeastern Colombia used a drone to attack a military patrol in a rural area, killing three soldiers and injuring eight.
The attack by the criminal organization was reportedly carried out with drones.
At least three soldiers were killed and eight more injured this Sunday in a drone attack by the guerrillas of the National Liberation Army (ELN) in the municipality of El Carmen, in the Colombian department of Norte de Santander (border with Venezuela). The Army's Vulcan Task Force detailed in a statement that the military was operating in El Carmen, in the Catatumbo region, when they were victims of "a terrorist attack" by the ELN, which used "…
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