 Government soldiers killed eight rebels and discovered a large cache of weapons in dense jungles of southern Colombia, a top military official said Tuesday. Gen. Carlos Alberto Ospina, the chief of the Colombian Armed Forces, called the rebel weapons seizure - which included machine guns and grenade launchers - one of the biggest since a military offensive began in the southern jungles more than a year ago. The most recent clashes took place over the past two days in an isolated region of Guaviare state, 210 miles south of Bogota. They came in response to rebel attacks that have surged since Feb. 1 and left more than 60 soldiers dead, Ospina said. He said government forces suffered no casualties in the latest fighting. |