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Colombian Armed Forces Kill Dozens of Rebels on Bombardment of Camp
http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=653729&CategoryId=10718BOGOTA – Dozens of guerrillas from the Mariscal Sucre unit of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla group died in the military bombardment of a camp in Nariño province, army spokesman Col. Luis Emilio Cardoso said.
At least 20 rebels died in the raid, media reports said.
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The bombardment occurred on Saturday night outside Ricaurte, a city in southwestern Colombia near the border with Ecuador, Cardoso said.
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Last week, the first round of talks in Havana between the Colombian government and the FARC ended with progress on mechanisms for incorporating civil society into the negotiating process, which is aimed at bringing an end to a decades-long armed conflict.