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Bacchus4.0

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Wed May 27, 2015, 10:16 AM May 2015

Colombian military kills 5 FARC rebels in strike

http://news.yahoo.com/colombian-military-kills-5-farc-rebels-strike-090910898.html

Bogota (AFP) - The Colombian military killed at least five FARC guerrillas in the northwest of the country Monday, part of a new offensive that has challenged ongoing peace talks with the rebel group.

A bombing in the remote Choco department killed the fighters, military sources told AFP, but they were unable to provide more details about the attack.

The government has intensified military operations against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in recent days even as bilateral peace talks continue in Havana.

So far some 40 rebels have been killed in renewed bombings after President Juan Manuel Santos' ended a government suspension of airstrikes in April following a rebel attack that killed 11 soldiers.
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FARC leader Ramón Ruiz killed in Colombian Air Force bombing Bacchus4.0 May 2015 #1

Bacchus4.0

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1. FARC leader Ramón Ruiz killed in Colombian Air Force bombing
Wed May 27, 2015, 10:55 AM
May 2015
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2015/05/26/FARC-leader-Ramn-Ruiz-killed-in-Colombian-Air-Force-bombing/6501432654226/

RIOSUCIO , Colombia, May 26 (UPI) -- A commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, also known as FARC, was killed in a bombing raid near the town of Riosucio on Monday.

Alfredo Alarcon Machado, better known as Ramón Ruiz, who led the 18th division of the FARC in northwest Colombia, was killed along with four other rebel members. The Colombian Air Force bombed a rebel position in the Choco province.


Ruiz is believed to be the main assistant of FARC representative Pastor Alape, who is negotiating with the Colombian government in peace talks in Havana, Cuba.

About 40 rebels have been killed since Colombia resumed bombing attacks after a ceasefire ended.

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The similar thread I started was hidden because I referred to the FARC as cockroaches who should be exterminated.
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