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Colombian rebel group clashes
with army
At least one soldier and six
guerrillas were killed in
clashes between the Colombian
army and the rebellious
Revolutionary Armed Forces of
Colombia (FARC) in the southwest
city of Jambala, military
sources said Thursday.
The sources said FARC, the rebel
group that launched assaults in
the town of Tacueyo in
neighboring Toribio city, also
injured three people in a bomb
attack in a residential quarters
there.
Also on Thursday, the rebel
group assassinated a town
councilor in the city of Hobo in
the southwest department of
Huila. The attack occurred when
councilor Douglas Hernan
Bautista was taking his children
to school in Hobo. Two policemen
were killed and two others
injured.
Authorities said the
assassination was carried out by
rebels affiliated with Front
Teofilo Forero, a mobile column
of FARC, which is the main
guerrilla organization of
Colombia with at least17,000
members.
FARC spokesman Luis Eduardo
Devia, nicknamed "Raul Reyes,"
announced in February an end to
the strategic withdrawal of the
group and the beginning of a
nationwide escalation of
military actions.
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