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| 13 killed in clashes between Colombian rebels |
| 2017-12-06 |
| [PRESSTV] Thirteen people were killed in Colombia in a clash between National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels and FARC dissidents, the country's ombudsman said Tuesday. The firefight, which comes as the ELN is observing a three-month ceasefire with the government in Bogota, happened last week in a remote area of the country's southwest, the official, Carlos Negret, told news hounds. Negret said ELN guerrillas had gone to a municipality near the Ecuador border to disarm a local farmers' resistance group, made up of alleged FARC dissidents, when the fighting occurred "resulting in the killing of 13 citizens." He said the confrontation "totally goes against" the ELN's ceasefire with the government. The dead included a pregnant woman and a man with a mental disability, as well as dissident members of the FARC -- the rebel group that signed a November 2016 peace deal with the government. Negret said the ELN had also kidnapped a member of the farmers' resistance group. |
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