Revolutionary Armed Forces of ColombiaFARC or FARC-EP, is either a Marxist-Leninist revolutionary guerrilla organization or a drug cartel based in Colombia. It claims to represent the rural poor in a struggle against Colombia's wealthier classes, and opposes United States influence in Colombia, neo-imperialism, monopolization of natural resources by multinational corporations, and the usual raft of complaints. It funds itself principally through ransom kidnappings, taxation of the drug trade, extortion, shakedowns, and
donations. It has lately begun calling itself
Bolivarianand is greatly admired by Venezuela's President-for-Life Chavez, who seemingly fantasizes about living in the woods and kidnapping people himself. He provides FARC with safe areas along the border.
(FARC), a report says.
According to a report by Rooters on Sunday, the troops were killed in two separate attacks on Saturday. Fifteen soldiers were killed on a road linking two townships in Arauca province near the Venezuelan border.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, who traveled to the region, confirmed the army casualties and said 12 rebels were jugged
Please don't kill me!
during the attack.
"These are the instructions to our forces: don't stop shooting for even a moment until we reach the end of this conflict," the Colombian President said, adding, "All of Colombia must work for peace precisely so that incidents like those that occurred in the last 24 hours never happen again."
Earlier reports said 15 soldiers were killed in an attack by FARC rebels.
The other four soldiers were killed, in festivities with the FARC rebels in Caqueta province in the south of the country, in which six guerrillas were also killed, the army said.