Five Soldiers Die in FARC Attack in Colombia

October 23, 2012

Five soldiers died and another three were wounded on the evening of October 19, in an attack perpetrated with explosives by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) against a military patrol in the municipality of Puerto Asís (Putumayo), which borders with Ecuador, informed the Army on October 20.

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For decades, Ecuador was perceived as an exception in a region plagued by drug trafficking, armed violence, and criminal capture of the state. While neighboring countries faced open wars between cartels and state forces, Ecuador seemed to remain on the sidelines of these dynamics. That image began to slowly crack and finally collapsed in January […]

Five Soldiers Die in FARC Attack in Colombia

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